The president of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) Jimmy Akena has backed the four-time presidential candidate, Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye on the move to resort to a hunger strike, saying it is the only option he was left with. Akena urged Ugandans to use this opportunity to examine the continued interference of security organs […]
“If you are innocent, why do you not demand for a quick trial so that you can prove your innocence,” President Museveni asked? H.E THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON DR. KIZZA BESIGYE’S INCARCERATION Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu. I have seen the concern by some Ugandans regarding the remanding of Dr. Besigye for the very serious […]
Bukomansimbi North Member of Parliament, Christine Nandagire Ndiwalana was escorted out of a funeral as enraged mourners appeared to bay for her blood. The incident happened at the burial of a young man allegedly knocked down by an ambulance belonging to her hospital, Ndiwalana General Hospital. The incident occurred in Mpaama village, Kagologolo Town Council, […]
Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, a.k.a Bobi Wine has today February 18, 2025 visited Nkozi Hospital as he celebrated his 43rd birthday. Bobi Wine says he intended to visit the hospital where he was born from, way back in 1982 and shared the joy with the mothers who have also brought to life new lives today, the […]
Kampala lawyer Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi has been chosen as the National Unity Paltform (NUP) flag bearer for the Kawempe North By-election. Nalukoola was declared flag bearer on Tuesday by the Election Management Committee at the NUP party headquarters in Kavule, Makerere. Last week, Luyimbazi and nine others faced off in a debate at the party headquarters. The debate, moderated by […]
The head of the electoral commission for the National Unity Platform (NUP) Mercy Walukamba has clarified that any member who decides to stand as an individual candidate after losing in the party primaries will have automatically forfeited his membership to the party. “We are going to be as open as possible and this is the […]
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership in Kawempe has unanimously endorsed music artist Sadat Mukiibi, alias Khalifa Aganaga, as their candidate for the Kawempe North constituency by-election. The FDC spokesperson John Kikonyogo says that since the constituency fell vacant, party leaders have been searching for a suitable candidate. “When a constituency falls vacant, leaders begin […]
Betty Amongi, the Gender, Labor, and Social Development Minister, has officially registered as a voter in Lira City East Division, marking the beginning of her quest for the City Woman parliamentary seat. Amongi, who serves as the incumbent Oyam South Parliamentary seat was accompanied by her husband and the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party president, Jimmy James […]
Rt. Rev. Julius Caesar Nina Otim, the Bishop of the Diocese of West Lango, has issued a stern warning ahead of the 2026 general polls, banning religious leaders from engaging in partisan politics. Bishop Nina addressed Heads of Laity drawn from all Parishes and Archdeaconries within the Diocese of West Lango in a one-day conference […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set March 13, 2025, as the date for the by-election to fill the Kawempe North Parliamentary seat. This seat fell vacant following the death of Muhammad Ssegirinya, who died at Lubaga Hospital after weeks of hospitalisation. On Monday, the EC Chairperson Simon Byabakama announced that the electoral process to elect […]
