Current Affairs

Mwine Tumwebaze Kirimi of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has been declared the elected Youth Member of Parliament for Uganda’s Western Region.

Former Miss Tourism Uganda, Elma Challa Kapel, has been elected the Northern Uganda Youth Member of Parliament after a closely watched vote held on Tuesday at Mvara Secondary School in Arua City.

The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate’s Court has granted bail to the executive director of the Centre for Constitutional Governance Dr Sarah Bireete after finding that she satisfied all the legal and constitutional requirements for her release from custody.

The Supreme court has started hearing an election petition filed by former presidential candidate; NPP's Robert Kasibante who is challenging the victory of NRM's YKM in the 15th/ January polls.

Linos Ngompek, the incumbent Kibanda North Constituency legislator in Kiryandongo District, has retained his seat.

The Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court has halted a vote recount in the disputed Kalungu East Constituency parliamentary election after some of the targeted ballot boxes were found unsealed, while others appeared tampered with.

A family in Nakawa Division has demanded the immediate release of their relative who was arrested following post-election chaos at Ntinda Hospital Polling Station in Kampala.

Security personnel stationed at Karuma Bridge has attributed Monday evening’s fatal truck crash to speeding after a vehicle plunged into the fast-flowing River Nile, killing three occupants.

The Masaka Chief Magistrate, Albert Asiimwe, has ordered a recount of ballots cast in the Kalungu East parliamentary election to establish the exact number of votes obtained by each candidate.

The Masaka Chief Magistrate’s Court has set January 27, 2026, as the date for delivering a ruling on an application for a vote recount filed by former Minister for Defence Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja in the Kalungu East parliamentary elections.