Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni entered his seventh term in office promising to fight corruption just lie he had promised in the previous years. Speaking after taking the oath and after receiving the instruments of power, Museveni this time around urged asked his voters to police the …
Read More »Kisanja ‘No More Sleep’: Lutwama rallies Bataka institutions
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni opened his seventh elective term with a renewed call for wealth creation and economic discipline, attention is increasingly turning to how traditional structures could be drawn into the government’s mobilisation strategy. Hours after the swearing-in ceremony at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds …
Read More »37 evacuated to hospital, phones snatched at Museveni’s inauguration ceremony
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Dozens of people required medical emergency attention after fainting during Tuesday’s presidential inauguration at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, even as security forces recorded several incidents of phone theft amid the high-profile event. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police Kituuma Rusoke, the Police spokesperson, joint security teams evacuated …
Read More »Memes, shutdowns and Museveni’s seventh term
Uganda’s digital public sphere and the 2026 election SPECIAL REPORT | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 81, was sworn in on May 12 for a seventh straight term in office, Uganda marked another formal milestone in a presidency that has now spanned nearly four decades. …
Read More »Museveni sworn in for seventh term as Uganda’s President
Kampala, Uganda | URN | NRM’s Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni has been sworn in as Uganda’s President for the seventh time. The event, marked by the presence of over a dozen African heads of state, signaled the commencement of Museveni’s seventh term in office following his decisive victory in the …
Read More »Why Janet Museveni missed Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The First Lady, Janet Museveni, did not show up at Kololo ceremonial grounds as President Museveni took the oath for the next term in office. It was the first time since the 1996 election that Janet Kataha Museveni was missing at such a ceremony. President …
Read More »Museveni VII
The long running show adds another season COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | At exactly 11:50am, beneath Kampala’s unforgiving midday sun, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took the oath of office at the Kololo Independence Grounds for another term as a 21-gun salute cracked across the capital, announcing not so …
Read More »Heightened security upcountry as Museveni takes oath
Kampala, Uganda | URN | As the Presidential Swearing-In Ceremony gets underway at Kololo Independence Grounds, a mixed security and public order picture has emerged across different parts of the country, with some districts under heightened deployment while others continue with normal activity. In several upcountry districts, security agencies have stepped …
Read More »Kampala flooded with security and yellow as Museveni begins another term
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kampala woke under watch, with guns in nearly every direction. Armed soldiers and police officers lined major roads and streets before sunrise. Along the Northern Bypass, each roundabout held clusters of security personnel. Tents stood beside armoured vehicles, while patrol trucks moved slowly, some with …
Read More »Drone show lights Kampala skies ahead of Museveni Swearing-In Ceremony
Kampala, Uganda | URN | The eve of President-elect Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony was marked by a brief blend of technological spectacle and delays as a drone show delivered a “thank you” message across parts of Kampala. The National Resistance Movement Secretariat had heavily promoted the event, dubbed the …
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