Amuria — National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said he and his team were blocked by security forces from holding a planned rally in Amuria District, accusing the military and police of detaining them at a roadblock mounted in a swampy area. In a statement issued on Wednesday,…
Kampala — At dawn in Bukoto, shopkeeper Sarah Nakato wipes a thin brown film off her shelves before opening for the day. By midday, it will be back. “You clean in the morning, and by evening everything is dusty again,” she says, coughing slightly. “This dust is killing us slowly.” For many residents, this is…
Buyende — A domestic dispute over alleged infidelity turned violent on Monday in Buyende District, leaving 51-year-old Robert Bebwa, Vice Chairperson LC I of Butayunjwa B Village, nursing serious injuries. According to Busoga North Regional Police spokesperson SSP Samson Lubega, Bebwa was reportedly attacked by his two wives, Naluvuma Esther, 44, and Nakayunja Norah, 53,…
Tensions flared in Parliament on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, as the Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi, criticised the government over the continued detention of Rev. Fr. Deusdedit Ssekabira, a Roman Catholic priest from Masaka District. Ssenyonyi described the priest’s detention as an illegal act and a violation of fundamental human rights. Raising the…
Nation Media Group-Uganda (NMG) journalists have been entirely excluded from covering Uganda’s Parliament in 2026, according to the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) media accreditation list released in mid-December 2025. The move has sparked widespread debate about press freedom and democratic accountability ahead of next year’s general elections. The exclusion comes amid an ongoing standoff…