Current Affairs

First Deputy Premier, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for an audit in the electoral violence across the Busoga sub-region in the just-concluded national and local elections.

The government's flagship cost-cutting reform, the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure (RAPEX), has cost taxpayers tens of billions of shillings in disputed payouts, exposed serious asset mismanagement, and created fresh fiscal risks, the Auditor General’s 2026 report reveals.

The Supreme Court has overturned a Constitutional Court judgment that had barred further criminal proceedings against Geoffrey Kazinda, the former Principal Accountant in the Office of the Prime Minister.

A 22 year old security guard, Webisa Marvin has been charged and remanded to Luzira prison for the alleged 4th February rape, murder and aggrevated robbery of Tik-tok content creator Diana Namulinde alias Diana SkyZ.

The General Court Martial has resumed operations at Makindye in Kampala after more than a year of inactivity, following a Supreme Court decision barring the trial of civilians in military courts.

Jailed opposition political figure Rt. Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye has petitioned the Constitutional Court challenging the re-enactment of the UPDF Act. He claims that this Act re-establishes the General Court Martial with a broader jurisdiction to try civilians and non-service offenses.

Lawyers ask Acting High Court Judge Simon Peter Kinobe to excuse himself from hearing the application for judicial review against the contested Masaka City Woman MP election vote recount.

The Deputy President of the National Unity Platform (NUP) in charge of Northern Uganda, Dr Lina Zedriga, has been transferred to Luzira Maximum Prison’s female section over what authorities describe as “security reasons.

The Uganda Christian University (UCU) community is mourning the tragic death of its Dean of Student Affairs, Pamela Tumwebaze, who was murdered at her home in Mukono.

Major General Deus Sande Karachi, the Commander of the Kasijjagirwa Armoured Division based in Masaka City, has died.