Politics

Gen Muhoozi’s statements are private—Baryomunsi

Minister of ICT and National Guidance Chris Baryomunsi has clarified that comments made by the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba are not the official positions of...

Mary Paula Turyahikayo—A Divisive and Poisonous Sectarian of Rukungiri

1Uganda, since the colonial days, has grappled helplessly with a barbaric and ferocious vice of ethnic and religious...

Russia-Ukraine War: Uzbek Man Confesses to Killing Senior Russian General

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a man who confessed to having planted and detonated a...

BOBI WINE: A Half-baked Politician with No Vision for Uganda

The National Unity Platform (NUP) party President, Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has predictably continued to exhibit political...

NUP Asylum Seekers Face Deportation Over Forged Document

In a troubling development, several asylum seekers associated with the National Unity Platform (NUP) are facing imminent deportation...

EC Kicks Off Nomination of Candidates for Kisoro Woman MP By-Election

The Electoral Commission kicked off on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024, the nomination of candidates in the Kisoro district by-election to replace the fallen Woman Member of Parliament. The exercise will run for two days and will end on Friday, October 31st, 2024. Bobi Wine’s girlfriend (bonkmate) Sultana Tana from the National Unity Platform (NUP), Musanase Juliet from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), and Rose Kabagyeni representing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) are to be nominated within the two days. Justice...

NUP Illegal Migrants in USA Face Deportation if Trump Wins US Presidency

National Unity Platform (NUP) members who were smuggled into the United States under the guise of political persecution are on the verge of deportation after officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) established that they lied. According to ICE officials, a wave of migrants from Uganda sought refuge in the US, citing political oppression and human rights abuses back home; however, investigations have revealed that these individuals were smuggled into the country, claiming political persecution only as a pretext...

Speaker Among Asks EAC Countries to Fully Allow Free Movement of Citizens

The Speaker of Parliament Annet Anita Among has asked East African community countries to fully embrace the free movement of citizens using the machine-readable National Identify Card to foster unity, cohesion, and ease trade among the partner states. Among was speaking during the 1st meeting of the 3rd session of the 5th EAC Assembly sitting in Kampala, Uganda, on October 29, 2024, hosted at the Parliament. In her submission, Speaker Among re-echoed the President's call for cooperation among the member states. “If...

DUPED: NUP Youth Leaders Stranded in Jinja As Zaake Fails to Deliver Youth Convention Promises

Hundreds of National Unity Platform (NUP) party youth leaders are still stuck in Jinja after the National Youth Convention Mobilizer and NUP Head of Youth Affairs, Francis Bateebe Zaake, abandoned them when the party youth festival that was held on Friday, October 25, 2024 was done. While talking to the media at Jinja Show Grounds on Saturday, October 26, 2024, Michael Wandera, the Busia Youth Chairperson, who doubles as the Eastern Youth Coordinator for NUP, said that they were promised...

Bobi Wine and Cronies Tribalizing Everything Including Coffee Bill is Unfortunate 

The National Unity platform (NUP) party leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, and his associates have learned nothing and forgotten nothing from their previous strategic mistakes that have left them isolated. Ever since Bobi Wine joined politics, he has tried to show that Uganda is only for Baganda and the rest of the tribes are alien and useless. As a politician vying for the national seat, he forgets that he needs other tribes as well to fulfill his political...

Kenya’s UDA Party SG Says Museveni is an Inspirational Leader

The Secretary General of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, Senator Hassan Omar Hassan, while on an official visit in Kampala, on Thursday, October 24th, 2024 described President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as an inspirational leader. Omar says that whenever President Museveni is on television conducting a live address, the majority of Kenyans rush to watch him so that they can learn something from him. He was meeting with National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Richard Todwong. The two leaders discussed areas...