With just 13 days left to the national elections, Ugandan security forces have once again reminded the media of their dark side after they violently brutalised BBS TV Journalist Ivan Mbadi during National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi’s campaign in Bukwo district on Monday. In a video circulating online, two heavily armed security […]
Civil Society Activist Sarah Bireete, has been remanded until January 21, 2025 when her bail application will be heard over unlawfully obtaining and sharing personal data belonging to registered voters. Bireete was on Friday arraigned before Buganda Road court and read the charges which she denied. According to prosecution, Dr Bireete and others still at […]
The Buganda Road court has charged civil society activist and Executive Director of Centre and Constitutional Governance Dr Sarah Bireete with unlawful obtaining or disclosing of personal data, contrary to Sections 35(1) and (2) of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, Cap 97. According to the charge sheet, Dr Bireete and others still at large, […]
In a bid to calm the public’s fears of Ugandans querying the efficiency of the biometric machines, the EC organised a mock public demonstration at its headquarters on Seventh Street in the Kampala City Industrial Area on December 17, 2025, to show how the BVVK system will work during the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. […]
The Uganda Police spokesman ACP Rusoke Kituuma has warned members of the public against the misuse of the Uganda National Flag during the current election campaigns. While addressing media at the Naguru Police Headquarters on Monday, Kituuma noted that there are growing public concerns about the misuse of the National Flag. “Let people just know […]
The Busiro South Member of Parliament Hon. Charles Matovu is currently nursing wounds after allegedly being attacked by UPDF soldiers along with members of his entourage following campaigns on Wednesday evening. According to the National Unity Platform (NUP) Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya, Matovu the incumbent and party’s flag bearer for the post was waylaid […]
The Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, has confirmed the arrival of the first consignment of Presidential ballot papers into the country ahead of the national polls in a few weeks time. The ballots arrived aboard a privately chartered cargo aircraft operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic for the Network Aviation Group, which touched down at […]
The High Court in Kampala has upheld a decision by the Electoral Commission to disqualify National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Mathias Walukagga from the Busiro East MP race over lack of required academic qualifications. In a judgment delivered electronically on Sunday, Justice Simon Peter Kinobe dismissed Walukagga’s appeal, in which he had challenged the Commission’s decision […]
Barely a week after the Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) dismissed him from employment, former prisons warder Lawrence Ampe, has joined the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine’s campaign trail to canvass votes for him. While campaigning in Ngora District on Saturday, Bobi Wine was joined by Ampe who was part of the […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has assured legislators of the accurate and transparent use of the Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK) during the 2026 general elections. The EC, charged with managing elections in the country, took legislators through a step-by-step guide on the operation of the kits during a one-day training workshop held at Parliament on […]
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