The Electoral Commission has disqualified Mathias Walukagga, NUP candidate for Busiro East constituency, for failing to meet the minimum formal required nomination qualifications. According to EC, the test Walukaga Mathias presented for nomination had, by 23rd of October, 2025, clearly expired. “Accordingly, Candidate Walukaga Mathias lacked the requisite minimum formal qualifications for the elective […]
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke has urged women to turn their backs in bed to husbands who do not express readiness to vote for NUP presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu in next month’s presidential elections. Nambooze said, “Kano ka bakyala abasajja temuwulira, omusajja atawagira Kyagulanyi apaana kombya… eeeh, abaapa kombya, literally meaning that any […]
In his accusations against Kyagulanyi and his team, IGP Byakagaba blamed them for making riotous and inciting processions, exceeding the time set by the EC for campaigning, and other accusations. The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu ‘Bobi Wine’ has made a desperate appeal to the Minister for Internal Affairs, Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, […]
Meanwhile, PFF Secretary-General, the Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda expresses the view that among those standing against the incumbent, Kyagulanyi is the best candidate to replace Museveni. Independents and candidates whose parties did not name a presidential candidate are currently held between a rock and a hard place, as voters are relentlessly pestering them […]
“It is hypocritical for IGP Byakagaba to say it is in contravention of the law for the NUP, and in order for the NRM to hold processions to the extent of using police vehicles to ferry supporters,” he argued. The Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP) Joel Ssenyonyi has taken a swipe against recent comments […]
Wakibugu has been the councillor representing Seeta Ward at Mukono Municipality on NUP ticket and he had also secured the same flag for the ongoing campaigns. The leaders and members of National Unity Platform (NUP) in Mukono Municipality have been shocked with the death of one of their own, councillor Charles Wakikibugu which occurred on […]
He clarified the operational context of the Kawempe incident, claiming that police presence, including the K9 unit, was specifically designated to secure a “no go area.” The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abas Byakagaba has supported the widely condemned use of police sniffer dogs on National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters during a presidential campaign rally […]
Mayiga warned that the use of dogs in political spaces evokes troubling historical memories. He noted that similar methods were used in colonial and apartheid settings to intimidate populations, arguing that such imagery has no place in Uganda’s modern democratic context. The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, has condemned the Uganda Police for unleashing dogs […]
According to Asiimwe, the deployment of police dogs at political rallies today reflects a continuity with colonial and apartheid-era practices in which animals are weaponised to instill fear and enforce authoritarian control. Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned the Uganda Police Force for unleashing dogs at opposition supporters at campaign rallies in their attempt to […]
In response, Nambooze challenged Bakaluba to surrender one of his schools to the government with learners studying for free, to practically show that he is a patriot, rather than feeding Ugandans with lies when he is actually amassing wealth. Police OC Shot Dead, Another Officer, Businessman Injured, Hospitalized As the vote hunting spree rages on […]