The Uganda Police has arrested Butambala County MP Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi over the recent election violence seen in the district. The Police has confirmed the arrest of the National Unity Platform (NUP) member in a brief statement on their X account on Thursday morning, noting that he would be arraigned before the courts of law […]
The Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court has deferred the ruling on the bail application of jailed Civil Society leader, Sarah Bireete to January 28 to allow the magistrate time to study submissions from both the state and Sarah’s defence lawyers. Bireete, who is the Executive Director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG), is facing […]
The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has disputed the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) narrative that veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye is not in a deteriorating health condition and was only taken to a hospital in Bugolobi for a routine health check-up. In a statement released on their official X handle alongside a frail photo […]
The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), has revealed that the life of party leader and veteran opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye is in a critical deteriorating state after he was rushed to hospital. In a statement released, on Tuesday, the party noted that it received credible reports that Dr. Besigye was rushed in the night […]
North West Nile regional police spokesperson, Collins Asea, has revealed that the force in Adjumani district is investigating the torching of a vehicle belonging to the Adjumani Town Council LC III chairperson, Lawrence Mangapi following a post-election confrontation. Mr Mangapi’s car was torched after independent candidate James Mawawi winning the Adjumani East County parliamentary seat […]
The government has postponed the reopening of schools inorder to ensure the safety of all learners, following the conclusion of the presidential elections in which incumbent Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was declared winner. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Dr. Kedrice Turyagenda has in a statement directed that institutions will now reopen on February […]
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 […]
Ten days after the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) denied news circulating on social media of an alleged planned internet shutdown and mobile money services during the upcoming general elections, the commission has today ordered for the temporary shutdown of the internet. The UCC Executive Director Nyombi Thembo, has in a letter dated January 13th ordered […]
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 […]
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