As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) renews its leadership at the grassroots, senior party members are positioning themselves to play an influential role within the party. The biggest battle for local supremacy within the NRM is taking shape in Rukungiri district, where Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde and Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi will face off for…
Parliament will today afternoon consider amendments to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Act through the UPDF (Amendment) Bill, 2025, to permit military courts to try civilians under specific circumstances, despite a Supreme Court ruling declaring such trials unconstitutional. A key provision is the insertion of Clause 117A, which subjects civilians to military law in…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Office of the President to provide a detailed breakdown of Shs5 billion spent on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit that was held in January 2024. The directive was issued during a session chaired by Muwanga Kivumbi, on Wednesday, 7 May 2025, where top officials from the Office…
Government to reduce Uganda’s foreign missions, according to the minister of State for Foreign Affairs, John Mulimba, has revealed. Mulimba said the number of diplomatic missions abroad will reduce from the current 38 to about 15 due to cost concerns. Mulimba made the disclosure while responding to concerns raised by MPs over the deteriorating performance…
A flurry of infrastructure projects has taken shape in the run-up to the 2027 ‘PAMOJA’ Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania will co-host. Sports facilities long left in ruin are being hastily renovated, while a handful of grand new structures are rising. In Uganda’s case, two multi-purpose stadiums are being built,…
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has appealed to political leaders to avoid violence and promote peace in the run-up to the 2026 general elections. Dr. Kaziimba asked politicians to avoid a repeat of the violence witnessed during the recently concluded by-election for the Kawempe Division North…
Traceability of externalised labour in the Middle East is expected to improve following the establishment of a database of migrant workers, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MoGLSD) has said. Uganda has in the recent past experienced a surge in labour migration, particularly to the Middle East, with estimates pointing to over 165,000,…
It will take the government 12 years to clear outstanding domestic arrears of Shs 13.8 trillion, a report by the committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development has revealed. The report presented by the committee’s Deputy Chairperson, Moses Aleper, said domestic arrears had increased from Shs 10.5 trillion in the 2022/2023 financial year to Shs…
MPs have raised concerns about the quality of young lawyers, stating that the increasing number of graduates in the profession is having a negative impact. Soroti Municipality MP Anna Adeke said that the high number of students pursuing the law degree calls for tightened regulations on the profession by the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional…
The Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Jacob Oboth has defended the deployment of the UPDF in South Sudan saying President Salva Kiir requested President Museveni for urgent support. Oboth told MPs that Kiir was responding to the civil unrest that erupted in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State at the beginning of March. “On 10…
