Current Affairs

The National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential Candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, has accused President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of deliberately keeping Ugandans in poverty as a strategy to maintain his grip on power.

Allan Clifford Tugume, a candidate for the Bugahya County parliamentary seat in Hoima District, has defected from the National Unity Platform (NUP) to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and withdrawn from the race.

Government has been asked to prioritize democratizing access to digital devices and infrastructure to enable young people acquire digital skills and participate in the digital economy.

Mbarara Magistrates’ Court has set December 22 as the date for ruling on the bail applications of 40 National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters charged with obstructing a law enforcement officer.

The Uganda Police Force has exhumed two bodies and six human skulls at the residence of a suspected witch doctor in Lunyerere, Kamengo, Mpigi District.

An inmate formerly attached to the Police Flying Squad, Abdunoor Ssemujju aka Minaana has accused a State Prosecutor of torturing him while being held in a police safe house.

President Museveni has ordered local government minister Raphael Magyezi to investigate alleged cases of extortion in the allocation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Kiryandongo district.

Justice Minister Nobert Mao has condemned the recent campaign violence in Gulu, labelling it a failure on the part of the Electoral Commission that has the responsibility to guarantee orderly campaigns.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has officially disqualified musician-turned-politician Mathias Walukagga from contesting in the 2026 parliamentary elections for Busiro East Constituency in Wakiso District.

The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed a petition challenging the nomination of Brig Gen Emmanuel Rwashande as a candidate for the Lwemiyaga County parliamentary race, ruling that he met all legal requirements for the 2026 elections.