Kenyan legislators chased down but failed to outrun their Ugandan counterparts as the Parliament of Uganda registered successive wins in the long-distance races during the first day involving athletics on Monday, 8 December 2025. Ugandan MPs, both in the men’s and women’s races, won the 1500 metres and a shorter 400 metres events held in…
The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has charged and remanded the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) flag bearer for the Busia Municipality MP seat, Samuel Makokha, over misprision of treason. Prosecution alleges that Makokha became aware that PFF founder and four-time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye allegedly planned to commit treason last year and failed to…
The court in Kampala has sentenced 20-year-old Senior Six student Edison Ssemugenyi to six months in prison for spreading false information about President Yoweri Museveni and Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba on TikTok. According to prosecutors, Ssemugenyi used his TikTok account to publish false claims that President Museveni was bedridden. The court also…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has attributed his unprecedented third win as African Educationist of the Year to the transformation of Makerere into a research-led, innovation-driven institution that is now attracting continental admiration. Speaking in an exclusive interview from his Ivory Tower office at Makerere Hill on Monday, Prof. Nawangwe thanked Ugandans and…
The Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified singer-turned-politician Mathias Walukaga from the Busiro East Parliamentary race after ruling that he lacked the requisite academic qualifications required for election to Parliament. According to EC Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the commission’s investigation followed a petition filed on 4 November 2025, challenging the validity of Walukaga’s Certificate of…