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19/02/2025

Gen. Sejusa Mocks Opposition’s Campaign; Stop Simplistic Approaches
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The former Coordinator of Intelligence Services in Uganda, Gen (Rtd) David Sejusa, has warned opposition leaders against making mistakes while pushing for the release of Col. (Rtd) Kizza Besigye from Luzira Prison, describing it; a strategic political battle for state power. On Tuesday, 18th Februar...

19/02/2025

DP Fronts Kasakya Henry as Kawempe North Party Flag Bearer
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The Democratic Party (DP) has today, February 18, 2025 picked its flag bearer for the Kawempe North by election Henry Kasakya, will be the front runner representing the DP fraternity in the race to replace the late Ssegirinya Muhammad who died on January 9, 2025. DP party president Norbert Mao made....

18/02/2025

UPDATE: Dr Kiiza Besigye to Finally Appear in Court Tomorrow

17/02/2025

Two Fishermen Drown after Boat Capsizes in Lake Victoria
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Locals in the Butte landing site in the Mayuge district in Baitambogwe subcounty are in shock after two fishermen who had gone fishing on Lake Victoria drowned to death in the wee hours of the morning on February 17, 2025. Initially, three fishermen; Omusi, Mwenjeni, and John Mujuni went to fish on....

17/02/2025

Police Urge Motorist Caution After Deadly Pallisa Road Crash
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Police have urged motorists to adhere to essential traffic regulations following a fatal road crash that claimed four lives on February 16, 2025, at Kibale Trading Centre along the Pallisa-Kumi Road in Pallisa District. Traffic Police Spokesperson Michael Kananura, speaking during a media briefing a...

14/02/2025

JUST IN: Former Inspector General of Police Boniface Eron Okoth Ogola, who served during Obote II's regime, has passed away.

14/02/2025

UPDATE: President Kaguta Museveni has extended the contract of Tom Magambo for more two years as the Director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) for another two years after being appointed in January 2022.

14/02/2025

The Uganda Prisons Service has dismissed claims that opposition stalwart Kizza Besigye is on hunger strike while in detention at Luzira Prison.

Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine while speaking to the media on February 13, 2025, at parliamentary avenue, said that Dr Besigye has been consuming his meals regularly.

“To the best of my knowledge, Dr. Kizza Besigye has had all his meals in the past. If he has started a hunger strike, that would be today after the instigation of maybe his lawyers who visited him yesterday (February 12),” Baine stated.
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The Uganda Prisons Service has dismissed claims that opposition stalwart Kizza Besigye is on hunger strike while in detention at Luzira Prison. Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine while speaking to the media on February 13, 2025, at parliamentary avenue, said that Dr Besigye has been consuming his meal...

14/02/2025

WHO Injects $2 Million Boost to Aid Uganda’s Ebola Response
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has increased its support for Uganda’s fight against the ongoing Ebola outbreak by releasing an additional $2 million from its Contingency Fund for Emergencies. In a statement on February 12, 2025, WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized th...

13/02/2025

UPDATE :Thousands gather at Kanungu playground to welcome HE YK Museveni where he’s expected to launch NRM Nyekundira group. It is a group of NRM supporters organized to support the current government.

12/02/2025

Police Investigate Murder of Buikwe Coffee Trader Found Dead in House
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Ssezibwa regional police are investigating the circumstances under which 50-year-old Steven Byakatonda, a renowned coffee and cocoa trader in Ssi Bukunja Sub County, Buikwe district, was found dead in his house. Byakatonda’s body was discovered by his son on February 11, 2025, in Seira Binga villa...

11/02/2025

BREAKING: Meanwhile, Elections Management Committee (EMC) declares Counsel Nalukoola Erias Luyimbazi as the National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer for Kawempe North constituency in the next most anticipated by elections.

10/02/2025

JUST IN: Michael Atingi-Ego has been appointed as the new Governor of the Bank of Uganda, while Augustus Nuwagaba has been named the new Deputy Governor. Atingi-Ego has previously been serving as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda.

10/02/2025

UPDATE: Uganda National Examination Board will release the 2024 UCE examination results tomorrow, 11th February 2025, for both the pioneers of the New Lower Secondary Curriculum (NLSC) and the transitional candidates.

10/02/2025

UPDATE: The Patriotic League of Uganda is preparing to march peacefully to Parliament, delivering a petition against MPs accused of "undermining" their leader and Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

10/02/2025

Former MP Tanna Decries Alarming Land Grabbing by Leaders in Tororo Municipality
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The former Tororo Municipality Member of Parliament, Sanjay Tanna, has taken on a campaign against what he termed as alarming greed and selfishness by a section of local leaders in the area. Sanjay, who represented Tororo municipality from 2006 to 2016, has in the recent past been overheard criticiz...

10/02/2025

The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua declared his candidature for NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) Vice Chairperson for Northern Uganda on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

Obua, who is also the chairperson of the significant majority NRM Parliamentary Caucus by the virtue of his ministerial position, made the revelation in a video posted on his personal X (formerly Twitter) account.
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The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua declared his candidature for NRM Central Executive Committee (CEC) Vice Chairperson for Northern Uganda on Sunday, February 9, 2025. Obua, who is also the chairperson of the significant majority NRM Parliamentary Caucus by the virtue of his ministerial po...

08/02/2025

Nicholas Opiyo Bids Farewell to Chapter Four Uganda after a Decade of Advocacy
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Nicholas Opiyo, the founder and long-serving Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda, has stepped down from his leadership role. He will hand over leadership to Anthony Masake, a long-serving staff member at the organization. The new changes were confirmed by the Chapter Four Board Chairman Zahara...