The UPDF bumped up over 30 senior officers to higher ranks like lieutenant general and major general in a ceremony where leaders stressed that the moves were about performance and responsibility. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba told the promoted officers they needed to step up as mentors and problem-solvers, and he reminded everyone the army would keep Uganda secure through the election season.
Maj. Gen. Jack Bakasumba explained that climbing the ladder in the force is merit-based, not ceremonial. Muhoozi backed that up by saying promotions mean heavier obligations, not just fancier insignia.
On security, Muhoozi said the military would stay sharp during voting and keep fighting armed groups like the ADF and al-Shabaab. He asked voters to...
Bobi Wine told Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga at Bulange Mengo that President Yoweri Museveni keeps trying to split Buganda residents apart so opposition movements stay weak and fragmented. The NUP candidate said rivals deliberately push internal beef to make it look like the region cannot get its act together, and he pointed out that several founding party members bailed after claiming he lacks leadership chops for running the country.
Bobi Wine also went off about security forces grabbing religious figures like Rev. Fr. Deusdedit Ssekabira from Masaka Diocese. The military confirmed they arrested the priest for allegedly plotting violent activities against the state, and Col Chris Magezi said the guy will face charges in court after...
Security forces threw up a massive roadblock near Bulange Mengo that ended up messing with Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II's motorcade when opposition guy Bobi Wine showed up for a sit-down with Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga. The UPDF and cops locked down streets around the area, and Bobi Wine blasted the whole thing as pure government paranoia after his meeting wrapped up at Wankulukuku.
Mayiga warned that beating people with batons and firing tear gas during campaign season is gonna backfire hard if anyone wants legit elections. He said violence just creates more violence, and authorities need to back off with the heavy-handed tactics.
The roadblock sparked a bunch of criticism since blocking a king's convoy over a political...
A Trinity Bus carrying people from Kigali to Kampala went off the road and dropped into a water-filled ditch near Bukinda in Rukiga District, and three guys died while four others got hurt. Police say driver Habiyaremye Ananias was going way too fast down a slope when he lost control around 2:30 in the morning. The dead passengers got identified as Lubwama John Herbert, Habineza Alfred, and another Rwandan conductor named Gadaffi.
Kigezi cops showed up with ambulances and shipped the injured people to Kabale Regional Referral Hospital while bodies went to the morgue for autopsies. The bus door basically exploded when passengers tried bailing out of the sliding vehicle, and that crushed the three victims instantly.
Uganda's top military guy, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, told politicians to chill out ahead of the 2026 elections or security forces will crack down hard on anyone trying to stir up chaos. He made the threat while promoting a bunch of officers at the defense ministry headquarters in Mbuya, saying the armed forces consider keeping peace a mandatory job that nobody gets to mess with.
Muhoozi said voters should cast ballots and bounce from polling stations instead of hanging around to protect their votes, since observers and media will handle transparency. He warned that reactionary groups looking to exploit the election season will get dealt with using every legal tool available.
The general also name-dropped ongoing regional missions...
Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni backed a pitch from UAE investors to build a cargo hub at Bukasa that would speed up shipments heading toward Sudan and Kenya. The Sharjah Chamber delegation explained their inland port concept during a meeting at State Lodge, and Museveni said he wants the thing fast-tracked since better logistics infrastructure cuts costs for traders moving goods across the region.
Uganda pulls in over $10 billion yearly from exports like coffee and gold while dealing with congestion problems on the Northern Corridor route that connects landlocked countries to Mombasa port. The proposed facility would handle customs clearance and storage closer to where stuff gets made or used.
Investors told Museveni they expect to...
Uganda Prisons bosses got schooled on National Resistance Movement ideology that supposedly turned the country around after 1986. Commissioner Moses Kamugisha told mid-central region officers and Mubende opinion leaders that the old days were a mess of political chaos and busted institutions before NRM took over and brought stability.
Kamugisha pushed the whole patriotism and Pan-Africanism angle while bragging about how security forces kept things peaceful enough for the agriculture and mining sectors to pop off. He name-dropped coffee, tea, and dairy as proof that commercialization works when nobody is shooting at each other.
The commissioner also warned staff about being idiots on social media and told them to hype up government...
The US ripped into whoever sent drones at a UN peacekeeping base in Kadugli that reportedly took out six Bangladeshi troops and left others banged up. Senior Advisor Massad Boulos said the strike shows complete contempt for peace efforts in Sudan, and UN Secretary General António Guterres called the whole thing a potential war crime while sending condolences to Bangladesh.
Sudan's military pinned the attack on the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group and wants accountability, but RSF denied touching any UN facilities. The violence keeps ramping up in a brutal civil war that has already displaced over 12 million people and created massive famine conditions across the region.
Kavango East folks can stop making road trips for basic checkups after businessman Johnny Doeseb and his crew launched Kaisosi Medical Centre at Rundu. The private facility opened its doors to help the town's 118,000-plus residents who previously had to bounce elsewhere for X-rays, dialysis, lab work, and other services that public hospitals struggled to provide because of equipment shortages.
Doeseb said he jumped from construction and fishing into healthcare after watching families suffer from limited medical access in the region. Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare showed up for the opening and gave props to the founders for building something the area desperately needed.
The center will handle everything from HIV tests to pharmacy...
