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...

Tension as NUP’s Splinter Group Set to Unveil Leaders, Key Members

Tension has hit the opposition National Unity Platform party as the People Power Front (PPF), a splinter group, plots to unveil its leadership. The event dubbed “One Million People Assembly” being organized by the PPF, a splinter group from the opposition NUP, is set to take place on November 23, 2024, at Kololo Independent grounds. Spartan Mukagyi, one of the founders of the original People Power Movement and the chief promoter of PPF, revealed that they are determined to restore the...

Activism in Uganda, a Newly Discovered Lucrative Business

Activism in Uganda has turned out to be a lucrative business, with many individuals and pseudo-non-profit organizations mushrooming in the name of defending human rights and preaching democracy. At the face of it, these activists pretend to be voluntary human rights defenders passionately fighting for the rights and freedoms of minority groups, political prisoners, etc. As you dig deeper, you realize that these so-called freedom fighters are funded by anti-Uganda crusaders and homosexual promoters whose interests are actually beyond human rights. The...

UPC Asks Special Interest Groups to Register with the Electoral Commission

The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has called upon special interest groups to ensure that they register with the electoral commission. While addressing the press at the party headquarters (Uganda House) in Kampala on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the UPC Spokesperson, Sharon, Arach commended the electoral commission for releasing the program and urged Ugandans under special interest groups (SIGs) to embrace the registration exercise if they are to contest for any position or vote under different categories. “UPC wishes to remind...

Bobi Wine’s Political Immaturity, Ideological Deficit Dangerous for Uganda

The opposition National Unity Platform party Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has failed to mature politically despite having enough time to revisit his modus operandi after losing the 2021 elections. Kyagulanyi has always exhibited irresponsible behaviors and a lack of decorum to make him a credible leader, a trait that has exposed him as a novice and joker who cannot be trusted by Ugandans. After losing the 2021 elections, Kyagulanyi has had enough time to change his behaviors, but unfortunately, he...

FUEL TANKER FIRE: Speaker Among Calls for Vigilance

The Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, has called for increased sensitization of residents to ensure public safety whenever a fuel tanker has overturned. Among’s appeal followed the Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024 incident that occurred in Kigowa along the Kampala-Gulu Highway in which some 14 people died when a fuel tanker overturned and later exploded in flames. While chairing the plenary session on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, Speaker Among expressed condolences to the families of those who have died. Several properties, including...

Bobi Wine Defends Homosexuals in New Music Video

The leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine has released a new music video, together with Nubian Li and a South African group called World Funk Orchestra, condemning alleged injustice against the LGBTQ people in Uganda and Africa at large. In the music video of the song titled ‘Such a Beautiful Day,’ which is filled with LGBTQ symbols like rainbow colors, among others, Bobi Wine expressed solidarity to all those who stand against injustices against...