President Museveni was on Saturday nominated as the sole candidate to represent the ruling National Reistance Movement (NRM) party in next year’s presidential election. Museveni, who will seek a seventh consecutive five-year term, was nominated at the party’s electoral commission offices along Kyadondo Road in Kampala. His unopposed nomination means the party will not hold…
Nowomugisha Sedrack Nzaire, brother to President Museveni, has been nominated to contest for the Vice Chairperson position for the Western Region on the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC). Dressed in an NRM cap and yellow shirt, Nzaire, accompanied by his supporters, urged party delegates to back his candidacy. He emphasized his commitment to strengthening party…
Until she went against her husband’s advice in 2006 not to stand in Ruhaama, Janet Kataha Museveni had never wielded real political power. She was the archetypal first lady, content to stay in the background and fearful of getting in the way of her powerful companion, President Museveni. In the first two decades of her…
President Museveni, in his capacity as the chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), has called for peace in the escalating Iran-Israel conflict, urging both nations to embrace diplomacy and mutual recognition. In a statement on his X handle, Museveni condemned extremism and historical denials on both sides, advocating for a two-state solution to resolve the…
In July last year, Herbert Burora, the then RCC of Rubaga, was arrested and charged in court over statements he allegedly made accusing Speaker Anita Among of being a thief and promoting corruption. Yesterday, Burora reconciled with Among at a function where NRM leaders and delegates from Kampala endorsed the Bukedea Woman MP for the…
Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde, the former minister of Security, has revealed that he visited Dr Kizza Besigye in Luzira Prison and urged him to talk to President Museveni if he wants to secure his freedom. Speaking to journalists after picking his nomination forms at the NRM headquaters along Kyadondo Road, Tumukunde said: “I have talked…
Norbert Mao was re-elected as the president general of the Democratic Party (DP) in a drama filled delegates conference where some may argue that the very concept of democracy was ‘thrown out of the window.” Mao defeated his main challenger Dr Lulume Bayiga handidly but the conference, meant to be a democratic exercise to shape…
President Museveni has urged Ugandans to embrace the Parish Development Model (PDM) due to its significant potential to lift them out of poverty and create more employment opportunities than the government can provide. Speaking to residents in Nakasongola, Greater Luweero, Museveni emphasized that wealth creation at the grassroots level, particularly through commercial agriculture and small-scale…
Allan Ssewanyana, the MP for Makindye West, came to prominence in 2013 when he jumped on minister Frank Tumwebaze’s table to try and frustrate a censure motion that had been brought against Erias Lukwago. Although he did not succeed, this act made Ssewanyana a darling to many people in Makindye, especially Lukwago’s supporters. In 2016,…
Col Edith Nakalema, the head of the State House Investors Protection Unit, has claimed that former senior presidential advisor Tamale Mirundi wanted to harm her children in 2015. Speaking at a gathering of Pentecostals recently, Nakalema claimed that in 2015, Mirundi went on one of the radio stations and said he knew the school Nakalema’s…
Emmanuel Dombo, the director of communication at the NRM, has said the National Unity Platform (NUP) made empty promises to Buganda during the 2021 elections. Speaking to Bbeg Media, Dombo said the people of Buganda have now seen the weaknesses and loopholes within the Robert Kyagulanyi-led party ahead of the 2026 election. “We can’t be…
By Joel Odota In January 2021, in the lead-up to Uganda’s general elections, President Museveni implemented a sweeping internet shutdown, temporarily disabling access to mobile money services and social media platforms to prevent what he termed “foreign interference” in Uganda’s political affairs. While general internet access and mobile money services were later restored, Facebook has…
President Museveni is expected to officially open the newly constructed All Saints Church of Uganda in Sembabule district today. The magnificient church, which cost billions of shillings, falls under the West Buganda Diocese. Enock Muhanga, the archdeacon said the function will be officiated by Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, the head of the Anglican Church in…
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has reminded President Museveni to fulfill his Shs 5 billion pledge to build their society’s building project. The ULS vice president, Asiimwe Anthony, revealed this during a mass to mourn Pope Francis, who passed away on Easter Monday. “We would like to remind the government of the pledge the president…
As Uganda’s longtime president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni approaches his 40th year in power, the question of succession is becoming an urgent concern because Museveni will be 81 in September. First son and army commander General Muhoozi Kainerugaba first publicly expressed interest in succeeding his father in May 2022. Muhoozi’s announcement via his X (then Twitter)…
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…
To use the tired cliché, “It is the D-Day” in Kawempe North today as voters head to the polls to elect a replacement for Muhammad Ssegirinya, who died in January. The two main contenders are National Unity Platform’s Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi, a seasoned city lawyer, and NRM’s Faridah Nambi, daughter of the party’s vice chairperson,…
On Friday, February 14, Ugandans were shocked when retired Colonel Dr. Kizza Besigye appeared in court looking gaunt and frail. Dr. Besigye was offered a chair to sit by a prison warder as he waited for the hearing of his trial in court to proceed. He seemed visibly out of breath and had lost a…
Dr. Kizza Besigye’s frail physical appearance in court last week brought some to tears, raising fears that the worst could happen to the opposition behemoth. In a panic, a minister went to visit him at Luzira, and Besigye was finally rushed to a clinic in Bugolobi yesterday amid tight security. His condition remains precarious, according…
For years, as the chairperson of the Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA), Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba was vocal about his dissatisfaction with certain NRM policies, particularly those related to economic management and poverty alleviation. As an academic and a poverty eradication expert, he frequently questioned the effectiveness of initiatives such as Bonnabagagawale (Prosperity for All),…
Outgoing Principal Judge Flavian Zeija is the new deputy chief justice replacing Richard Buteera who retired last year. Zeija’s appointment is among a raft of judicial changes announced by President Museveni yesterday. The president also elevated Muzamiru Kibeedi to the Supreme Court and appointed eight Justices of the Court of Appeal, and 21 acting judges of…
President Museveni and the First Lady Janet Museveni have performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Akii-Bua Olympic Stadium in Lira City. The construction of the $ 129 million state-of-the-art facility is to be undertaken by an Egyptian firm SAMCO National Construction Company and Khater Sports and is projected to take a record period…
