Opinion

How Mpuuga’s Democratic Alliance Will Deepen Divisions within Opposition

The former Leader of opposition in Parliament and the Nyendo-Mukungwe Member of Parliament Mathias Mpuuga recently launched the Democratic Alliance, a coalition aimed at uniting the opposition parties in...

How Uganda’s Opposition Preaches Change Without Offering Alternatives

 The opposition in Uganda has lately turned into a group of comedians preaching change but with no alternative...

 The Irony of Life: Who Truly Works for the Stomach?

Life is rife with ironies, some so plain they demand reflection. One such irony lies in the economic...

Why President Museveni is Extraordinarily Better than All Opposition Politicians Combined

Lately, there has been too much talk by the opposition politicians belittling President Museveni and the National Resistance...

How Opposition Parties Continue to Violate Uganda’s Multiparty Democracy 

In the referendum that was held on July 28, 2005, Ugandans voted to adopt a multiparty system of...

Kisangani Coalition, Like Other Insurgents, will be Defeated by UPDF

A document named the Kisangani Declaration, dated October 5, 2024, is circulating on different social media platforms and raising very many security questions. The document is purported to be from the Coalition of Exiled Ugandans across the globe, threatening to use all necessary means to cause regime change in Uganda. The group reportedly gathered in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, and came up with the Kisangani Declaration, which founded the COALITION OF EXILED UGANDANS. Their sole mission is to force their way...

Who Will Lead People’s Front for Freedom in 2026 General Elections?

As the road to the 2026 general elections is narrowing, the political atmosphere keeps becoming slippery as different politicians are strategizing and polishing their manifestos to be presented to the electorates. Several new political formations as well as new politicians are expected to come up all wishing to assume leadership and serve our motherland. The Katonga parallel faction of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is in the final stages of registering a new political party named the People’s Front for...

Mpuuga’s New Electoral Reforms Won’t Exonerate Him from Shs1.7B Service Award Scandal

During the first reading of the constitutional amendment bill 2024 recently, Nyendo Mukungwe County Member of Parliament Mathias Mpuuga unveiled the proposed new electoral reforms. The proposals include the restoration of term limits, reducing the size of parliament, as well as allowing prisoners and Ugandans in diaspora to vote. The proposals sound good, and a section of Ugandans have been waiting for them. However, the reforms will not change the fact that Mpuuga participated in an immoral act where he and...

Lukwago Vows to Sue FDC Najjanankumbi for Embezzling Party Resources

The interim leadership of the opposition breakaway (Katonga) faction has threatened to sue the Forum for Democratic Change party (Najjanankumbi) over party assets. Erias Lukwago, the interim leader of the Katonga Group, says the FDC leadership should account for the assets. He also accused them of embezzling the party funds and confiscating its properties and assets for personal interests. Lukwago said this during the launch of the signature collection for the registration of the People's Front for Freedom (PFF), an intended...

Bobi Wine is a Joker in Quest for National Leadership, Says Mpuuga

The former Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Mathias Mpuuga, has expressed disappointment in the leader of the National Unity Platform, NUP party leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, describing him as a total joker who is unserious and should not be allowed to take over leadership of the country. In an interview with a local media house on Sunday, October 6, 2024, Mpuuga stressed the continued lack of focus and seriousness by NUP leader Kyagulanyi, whom he blamed for...

Semujju Nganda: A Corrupt, Hypocritical Populist Stealing Taxpayers’ Money

The Kira municipality Member of Parliament (MP), Ibrahim Semujju Nganda, has mastered the art of hypocrisy and deception using his oratory skills and eloquence. Semujju disguises himself as a pro-change activist but does a lot of dirty work behind the curtains. Many Ugandans have failed to understand why he is the only MP who relentlessly attacks the first family in his plenary speeches, but the speaker has never denied him a microphone. Semujju is a wolf in a goat’s skin, as...