The National Unity Platform just lost a candidate for parliament. The electoral body blocked Resty Sarah Kyarimpa from running for the Isingiro District Woman MP seat. Officials said her nomination papers were not valid. They found that one of her supporters from the district was listed twice on the forms. That left her with fewer than the ten distinct local voters required by law.
This decision came directly from the commission chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi. It reversed an earlier okay from the local returning officer. The NUP party is furious about it. They claim the move is politically motivated. They say someone offered Kyarimpa cash to drop out of the race before, and she said no. They think this disqualification is...
A Kampala business owner named Andrew Muhandiki faced a judge at Buganda Road Court over a major theft case. Prosecutors say he worked with others to steal over eight hundred million shillings from a teacher's savings group. The State House Anti-Corruption Unit, along with regular police detectives and the public prosecutor's office, brought the charges. They claim that back in May, Muhandiki and his crew made unauthorized withdrawals from the Uganda Liberal Teachers SACCO bank account.
The scam involved a phony contract for land development. Investigators say Muhandiki signed a fake service deal with the former bosses of the teachers' group. This contract said he was hired to develop a huge piece of land in Kyangwali, Hoima District...
President Yoweri Museveni promised big road and power projects for Sembabule District during a campaign stop. Speaking as the National Resistance Movement candidate for the next national election, he told a large rally about infrastructure plans. He mentioned extending tarmac roads to connect the area, including upgrades to the Sembabule to Mateete route and work on the historic Lusalira to Ntuusi road. He also pledged to address electricity access and fix salty water issues by using the River Katonga.
Museveni credited the long period of national peace to his party's approach of ignoring religion and tribe in politics. He argued that this built strong national institutions like the army and courts. On local development, he pointed out...
Cops in Kampala are looking into how an eleven-year-old girl died. Her body was found inside a taxi at the Old Taxi Park. The police spokesperson, SP Rachael Kawala, said it happened at the Tororo Stage. The driver, Kalulu Bosco, had been given the child the day before by a guide named Asuman. She was supposed to go to Walusubi in Mukono District.
The driver had two phone numbers for the person who was supposed to pick her up. When he got to Walusubi after midnight, he could not reach anyone. One phone was off. Someone answered the other but claimed it was a wrong number. The driver then brought the girl all the way back to Kampala. She stayed in the taxi overnight. The vehicle is a Toyota Hiace with the plate UBM 696P, which people...
The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, is speaking out hard against a surge in ritual murders. He focused specifically on killings targeting children. In a recent message, he said these brutal crimes are terrorizing communities and wrecking public safety. He mentioned reports of missing kids who are later found dead, often with their bodies mutilated. Many people thought this kind of violence was over, but he stated it has clearly come back.
Police numbers show this is a real problem, with cases going up each year. Their data indicates that at least seventy-eight ritual killings happened last year. Children are a big part of the victim count. Authorities connect many of these crimes to networks preying on superstitions about...
The Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, is calling for calm during the election season. He wants a stop to violence and for election officials to stay neutral. He mentioned specific problems like candidates and their supporters getting beaten up and blocked from reaching their own campaign events. He said these actions break the law and mess with basic human rights.
He made a direct plea to the national electoral commission. He told them not to just watch from the sidelines but to actually help create fair conditions. His statement said every candidate should be able to talk to voters without anyone getting in their way or hurting them. He connected this directly to the ongoing disputes between the National Unity Platform...
Vice President Jessica Alupo got an honorary doctorate from the Islamic University in Uganda. The school gave it to her at their main campus in Mbale during a graduation event. University officials said it was for her leadership, her time in the military, and her work in education, especially for girls.
Nusura Tiperu, who is Uganda’s ambassador to Turkey and also works with the university, congratulated Alupo. Tiperu called the award fitting because of the VP’s support for schooling and for being a role model. The ceremony had a bunch of government bigwigs, diplomats, and religious figures in attendance. Over two thousand four hundred students graduated that day. More than half of them were women, which the university said shows...
The Uganda Law Society just dropped its whole neutral act. Its president, Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde, signed an order officially backing a bunch of opposition candidates for the upcoming national vote. They are throwing support behind Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, for president. They also want Kampala's mayor, Erias Lukwago, to keep his job. Another endorsement goes to a doctor named Anthony Obuku Ekwaro for a parliamentary seat in Oyam South. Basically, they are telling people to vote for anyone running under the National Unity Platform or the People’s Front for Freedom parties. They will also back any of their own lawyer or law students who decide to run.
The society’s order says staying quiet now is the same as...
A former top cop is directly linked to an old assassination case. Nickson Agasiirwe Karuhanga, an ex-senior superintendent of police, and another guy named Abdu Noor Ssemujju, also known as Minaana, are headed for a High Court trial. They are accused of the murder of Joan Namazzi Kagezi, a former assistant director of public prosecutions. Prosecutors say Agasiirwe hid the actual gun used to kill her almost ten years ago. The state is building its case on circumstantial evidence. Papers for the trial were signed off on recently.
The story here is completely wild. Agasiirwe started as a police informant before becoming a constable in the old Rapid Response Unit in Kireka. He climbed the ladder fast, running the Special Operations Unit by...
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