Current Affairs

A file on former Speaker Anita Among has reportedly been forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions for review as part of the ongoing corruption investigations at Parliament and other government agencies.

The General Court Martial sitting at Makindye has remanded Major General James Birungi on charges of treachery and offenses related to (in)security.

An eight-year-old boy was killed after he was knocked down by an ambulance transporting a woman in labour to Tokora Health Centre IV in Nakapiripirit District.

Uganda's national athletics team has entered a residential training camp in Kapkoros, Bukwo District, as preparations intensify for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Fred Rwakaizi Bangumya and Stella Kiryowa have been elected the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearers for Uganda's two vacant seats in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) after defeating 34 other candidates in the party's internal by-election.

Researchers have launched a clinical trial to evaluate potential treatments for the Bundibugyo virus of Ebola Virus Disease, through a clinical trial that enrolled its first patient in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday.

Martha Karua, the lead lawyer in the trial of Dr. Kizza Besigye and co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale, has asked the High Court Criminal Division in Kampala to intervene to challenge her recent deportation from Uganda.

The Uganda Prisons Service has rejected requests by defence lawyers representing Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused to use mobile phones and access the internet inside prison consultation rooms.

Opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Hajj Obeid Lutale, have told the High Court that they will not abandon their preferred legal team led by Kenyan Senior Counsel Martha Karua and former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, arguing that any attempt to force them to accept alternative lawyers…

A total of 273 Ugandan nationals have safely returned home from South Africa, marking the first phase of the Government of Uganda's voluntary repatriation exercise for citizens affected by the recent wave of anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence in South African.