Uganda’s longest serving President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has been declared the winner of the 2026 presidential election making him set to preside over the country for a seventh term. This is after he secured more than the constitutional requirement of 50 per cent plus one needed for an outright first-round victory. On Saturday afternoon, the […]
With only a day left to the national polls, the Soroti District RDC Hajji Imran Muluga, has announced the a ban on the movement of people at night starting Tuesday evening aimed at preventing voter bribery by candidates through distributing household commodities as the elections kick off. “The district security committee in its several meetings […]
The Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, has revealed that the elected presidential candidate in Thursday’s national polls will be declared with 48 hours (2 Days) after the close of the polls. Justice Byabakama noted that vote counting and announcement will begin at district tally centres immediately after polling after which the results will then […]
With only two days left to the National Elections, Mr Mahad Kawuma, an advocate of the High Court has sued the Justice Simon Byabakama led Uganda Electoral Commission and the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka over disqualifying nominated candidates from the ongoing electoral process. Kawuma who has petitioned the constitutional court in Kampala is seeking to […]
With only a few days left to polling day, the Uganda Electoral Commission has shared a brief details on how the Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK), that are to be deployed on polling day will operate. Step 1: The biometric machines will be assigned to the polling station by scanning the QR code of the […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit in collaboration with the Police Criminal Investigations Directorate have launched investigations into alleged abuse of office, embezzlement of funds and false accounting against officials of Uganda Airlines. The CID, has in a letter dated January 7th signed by Lumala Fed on behalf of the Deputy Director of CID in charge […]
As the government carries out the planned compensation of the people affected by the National Oil Palm Project (NOPP) in Buvuma district, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has revealed that over 300 people have so far received their compensation. In a statement released over the weekend, MAAIF noted that 301 out […]
A clip that is going viral on social media of a Counter Terrorism (CT) Police Unit officer banking bundles of millions of Ugandan Shillings at a bank counter has left many netizens shocked. In the video, the male officer is seen picking bundles of Ugandan Shillings from a National Resistance Movement (NRM) marked box and […]
With only four days left to Election Day, international election observers from the African Union (AU), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have arrived in the country for the highly contested Thursday polls. In a statement issued on Friday, the African Union noted that the team […]
President Yoweri Museveni has declared January 15th and 16th, 2026 public holodays with five days left to the national polls. In a directive issued this evening, the NRM Presiential flag bearer asserted that this was meant to allow Ugandans participate in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections . “IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the […]
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