Tag Archives: politics

Busia, Uganda | URN | With Kenya’s next General Election scheduled for August 10, 2027, Uganda’s ruling NRM party has warned its leaders and residents in border communities against involving themselves in Kenyan politics, saying political tensions could disrupt cross-border trade and relations between communities. NRM national treasurer Barbra Nekesa …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN |  The High Court in Kampala began hearing the treason case against jailed opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye in his absence Tuesday. At the commencement of the trial, the prosecution asked the court to proceed without him. Criminal Division Judge Emmanuel Baguma allowed the trial to …

  After three decades of waiting, Uganda has finally put its weight behind the man it once might have backed when his moment was at its brightest   COVERY STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On Saturday, Aug. 8, Olara Otunnu boarded a plane to the United States, headed for New York …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN |  Calls for accountability after the reported collapse of opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye during his treason trial has intensified, with the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) demanding that the government, the judiciary and the Uganda Prisons Service explain the circumstances surrounding the incident and …

  “Nobody can rule guiltlessly” — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just   COMMENT | ANDREW PI BESI | y their very design, modern families are intriguing institutions. They are repositories of affection, obligation and ambition. At their best, they cultivate decency, continuity and purpose. At their worst, they are theatres of rivalry, …

    The young party has learned that opposition politics in Uganda follows a familiar script: arrest, denial, detention, court, bail and another wait for justice   COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Few political parties in Uganda’s post-independence history have evolved as dramatically as the National Unity Platform (NUP). …

    Uganda’s great political survivor who carried the nation’s history within him   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The last time many Ugandans saw Gen (Rtd) Moses Ali in public life, he was not standing behind a podium or sitting in Parliament. He was seated inside a vehicle. …

  Although Abraham Luzzi did not win Kampala Central in Uganda’s 2026 general election, the businessman-turned-politician has continued to shape public discussion through a detailed reform agenda whose themes increasingly mirror the country’s evolving conversation on accountability, public administration and service delivery   NEWS ANALYSIS | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | For …

Kampala, Uganda | URN |  Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has returned to the party headquarters for the first time since the race for Speaker of Parliament, pledging to rebuild the party while reaffirming the need to uphold the rule of law amid growing concerns over arrests and detentions. …

  For years, tourism entrepreneur Amos Wekesa has traversed continents persuading the world that Uganda is one of Africa’s most rewarding tourist destinations. But as epidemic outbreaks, travel advisories and domestic political discontent converge, the country’s most vocal tourism ambassador finds himself defending not just Uganda’s image abroad, but also …