Uganda’s Controversial Political Parties Amendment Bill Sparks Outcry Over Democratic Backsliding
By Alexander Luyima Kampala, May 21, 2025 – Uganda’s Parliament has passed the Political Parties and Organizations (Amendment) Bill, 2025, igniting fierce backlash from opposition leaders, analysts, and civil society groups. Critics argue the legislation…
Uganda’s Silent Military Coup: When Parliament Betrays the People, Blood Flows in Silence
By Alexander Luyima > “A nation that trades its courts for barracks, its legislators for puppets, and its Constitution for tyranny signs its own death warrant in blood.” — Adapted from Dr. M. Lwanga’s final public address before his arrest For…
Uganda’s Contradiction: From Odoki’s Unfinished Justice to Military Tribunals for Civilians
As Parliament Defies Supreme Court on Military Trials, Victims of Past and Present Abuses Demand Accountability A Legacy of Unresolved Abuses In 1996, Uganda’s NRM regime established the Odoki Commission to investigate human rights violations since…
How Museveni’s Regime Uses Kangaroo Courts to Silence Dissent and Bury Accountability
By Alexander Luyima | Political Analyst & Human Rights Advocate The Illusion of “Efficiency” in Uganda’s Court Martial System When Ugandan officials boast about the “success” of military courts in reducing case backlogs, what they really mean is…
Uganda’s Military Courts for Civilians: Justice or Militarized Repression?
Legal experts, rights defenders, and military analysts warn that Uganda’s expanded military court powers threaten democracy. The government insists it’s the only way to restore order. A Controversial Law with Far-Reaching Consequences Uganda’s…
Boniface Mwangi Identifies Tanzanian Officer in Agather Atuhaire’s Sexual Assault
Dar es Salaam / Kampala | Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has publicly identified the Tanzanian officer he says played a central role in the torture and rape of Ugandan journalist Agather Atuhaire during her secret detention in Tanzania, in what is…
BREAKING: Court Nullifies Nalukoola’s Election, Orders Fresh Poll in Kawempe North Amidst Allegations of Judicial Manipulation
Kampala, Uganda – May 26, 2025 The High Court in Kampala has nullified the election of Hon. Elias Luyimbazi Nalukoola as the Member of Parliament for Kawempe North, ordering the Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections. The ruling, delivered by…
Amnesty International : Torture of Kenyan and Ugandan activists must Be investigated
Tanzanian authorities must investigate the arbitrary arrest, torture, incommunicado detention, and forcible deportation of human rights defenders Agather Atuhaire and Boniface Mwangi, Amnesty International said today. Agather Atuhaire, from Uganda, and…
Activists to Drag Tanzanian Gov’t to Court Over Human Rights Violations
Human rights lawyers and activists have vowed to take the government of Tanzania to court over violations of human rights and freedoms. The activists from Uganda and Kenya had traveled to Tanzania to attend a court session in which Tanzanian opposition…
Tortured’ Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire dumped at Tanzanian border following arrest
A Ugandan human rights activist, arrested in Tanzania after travelling to the country to support an opposition politician at a trial for treason, has been tortured and dumped at the border, according to an NGO. Ugandan rights group Agora Discourse said…
