Current Affairs

A joint operation between Crime Intelligence and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old suspect accused of kidnapping a two-year-old boy from Mengo, Kampala, and demanding a ransom of Shs30 million.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has released a cause list for the first batch of petitions arising from the party’s parliamentary primary elections, with 56 cases set for hearing on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Former students of Jinja College have so far raised 100 million shillings in a fundraising drive aimed at supporting the construction of a new dormitory block worth 2 billion shillings.

Dr. Twaha Kagabo Mzee, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Bukoto South Constituency in Lwengo District, has declared his intention to run as an independent candidate in the upcoming general elections.

President Yoweri Museveni has commiserated with the family of the late Professor George William Kanyeihamba, who passed away on July 14, 2025.

Former Sembabule District Woman MP Joy Kafula Kabatsi and incumbent Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo have jointly petitioned the Electoral Commission, contesting the declaration of Brig.

The late Professor George Wilson Kanyeihamba, former Supreme Court judge and constitutional scholar, will be laid to rest on July 29th.

Police have slapped four UYD leaders with common nuisance charges following their arrest outside the Electoral Commission headquarters.

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The Hoima District NRM Registrar, Joseph Kutegeka, has been arrested for allegedly declaring two different candidates as winners for the same parliamentary ticket, sparking confusion and protests.