Politics

UK Parliament Ditches Kyagulanyi, Endorses Ssenyonyi as Potential Ugandan President for 2026 Elections

The United Kingdom (UK) Parliament has withdrawn its support for Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, and instead declared Joel Ssenyonyi as its preferred candidate for the upcoming...

NUP Leadership Accuses Katikro of Concealing Kakaba’s Whereabouts, Labels Him an Enemy of Buganda

The National Unity Platform Party President, Robert Kyagulanyi, has leveled serious accusations against Buganda's Katikro, Charles Peter Mayiga,...

Public Accounts Committee Accuses Auditor General of Fuelling Corruption

Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have accused John Muwanga, the Auditor General of...

NUP Registrars Threaten to Strike Over Unpaid Facilitation

Registrars employed by the National Unity Platform (NUP) in Uganda to help in the registration and membership card...

Kizza Besigye’s New Party: A Money-Making Tool Disguised as a Change-Seeking Platform

The recent announcement of Kizza Besigye's intentions to form a new political party has raised eyebrows and prompted...

“Provide Solutions To People’s Challenges Instead Of Sloganeering,” Seninde Tells NRM Leaders 

The Director of Mobilization, Rosemary Seninde, has appealed to the National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders and supporters to work towards improved service delivery. Seninde, while addressing leaders from Kawempe Division at Makerere University Primary School, revealed that the party has embarked on a grand campaign of identifying issues affecting ordinary people and solving them as a strategy for winning support. "Our National Chairman and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni guided us to adopt the strategy of providing solutions to people’s challenges instead...

Hiking Kaveera Prices Could Be The Only Way To Prevent City Flooding 

Littering takes the form of dumping and throwing garbage, Kaveera (polythene bags) and plastic bottles on the streets, which end up in drainage channels blocking the water flow, hence flooding the city. According to Rosemary Harriet Namaganda, a shop owner at Abaita Ababiri Entebbe wakiso district, kaveera are being given for free or at a very cheap price for packaging customers’ goods, which is why most are careless, disposing of them anywhere without minding much. "If these kaveera were not given...

Can Ssemujju Nganda’s publicity journey save FDC from writing its political obituary?

SSemujju Nganda has been and remains the most vocal mouthpiece for the FDC, both on the floor of parliament and on talk shows. like he is on an expedition to save FDC from further collapse. Whereas his counterparts, Dr. Besigye, Patrick Aumriat, and Nandala Mafabi, keep kicking dust on their political careers accusing each other of being in bed with the NRM. According to Ofwono Opondo, in a parliament of 329, FDC has only 29 MPs, mostly subdued, probably contemplating...

Tororo District Engineer Remanded Over River Kagera Bridge

The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, in liaison with the Criminal Investigative Directorate, has arraigned Charles Malinde, a Senior Assistant Engineering Officer, Tororo District, before the Anti-Corruption Court on charges of causing financial loss to the government and embezzlement. He has been remanded until May 23, 2023. He appeared before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Moses Nabende on Thursday, May 18, 2023. In Financial Year 2021/22, the accused, while assigned as Project Manager for the construction of Kagera Bridge in Tororo Municipality,...

Makindye Division Mayor Mulyanyama to Run as Kampala Mayor 2026, Elias Lukwago Walks on Egg Shells

Ali Mulyanyama, the Makindye Division Mayor and Board Member on the KCCA football team, has openly declared his interest to unseat Elias Lukwago come 2026. Mulyanyama is currently enjoying immense coverage from the Kingdom’s CBS radio where its programs’ manager-standup comedian Abby Mukiibi, “Kiriza oba gaana,” and “Palamenti yaffe” talk show moderator Meddie Nsereko have prioritized promoting him. This has greatly angered Lukwago, and is fighting back by bad mouthing Mulyanyama. “I am ready to face off with Lukwago, he has...

Exposed: Former LC I Chairperson Turns Government Mosquito nets to Fencing Gardens

Elisa Mutebi a former Local Council Chairperson of Ssumbwe Village, Ssumbwe Parish in Wakiso District, with a maize garden of about three acres mixed with a matooke plantation has been pinned for using government mosquito nets that were to be given out to residents to fight malaria for  fencing his gardens. According to Rashid Mwebesa, a resident of Ssumbwe, the former chairperson distributed a few mosquito nets and kept the rest for himself to fence his gardens. “Mutebi’s maize garden is...