Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was sworn in Wednesday as Uganda’s president for a sixth term. Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo presided over the inauguration. Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu assisted. The 76-year-old Museveni was honored with a presidential gun salute and a fly-past. The ceremony took place at the Kololo Independence Grounds in the capital city, Kampala. […]
President Yoweri Museveni returned to the capital Kampala Thursday from his rural home in Western Uganda where he’s been since being declared the winner of the country’s controversial election in mid-January. Crowds of supporters dressed in yellow, the theme colour of Museveni’s ruling National Resistance Movement party, lined the highway as the President’s convoy drove […]
Social media giant Facebook on Thursday apologised to Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta after it erroneously flagged his congratulatory message to his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni. A statement from the platform said the message posted on Sunday had been mislabelled as false after it carried a photo that had appeared in a separate social media post […]
After world leaders watched the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, secure a victory in the presidential election last week, questions are being raised over the international community’s relations with Uganda. The international community is tightening its scrutiny of Yoweri Museveni less than a week after he won his sixth presidential term in Uganda. Museveni, who has ruled […]
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has dragged the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN-WGAD), for illegally detaining his main opponent in the recently concluded presidential election, Bobi Wine. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, has raised the alarm consistently over harassment by security agencies […]
Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country ahead of elections the opposition says were rigged. The gradual easing of Internet curbs came as police announced dozens of arrests for alleged election-related violence, and surrounded the headquarters of the main opposition party whose […]
Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, on Friday claimed victory in a presidential election, rejecting early results which gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead as a “joke”. “I am very confident that we defeated the dictator by far. I call upon all Ugandans to reject the blackmail. We have certainly won the election and we’ve […]
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni took an early lead in the presidential election, according to preliminary results released on Friday by the electoral commission, but his main rival Bobi Wine said he had proof of election fraud. Just over 29% of votes from Thursday’s ballot have been counted and Museveni is in the lead with just […]
Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) led by Archbishop of Kampala, Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has asked government to postpone presidential elections for three years. UJCC also wants the Constitution to be amended to allow President Museveni to continue ruling during the period of postponement. “A few days ago, our top leadership of UJCC to which […]
Uganda can never degenerate to the level of being protected by the United Nations peace missions because the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has built a strong army, President Museveni has said. Mr Museveni, the party presidential candidate, told NRM leaders and flag bearers of Bundibugyo and Ntoroko districts at the Boma Grounds in Bundibugyo […]
Its bundles of joy in the family of Presidential advisor on youth and artistes matters, Jennifer Nakanguubi aka Jennifer Full Figure after she welcome a bouncing baby boy. The pleasant news was first announced by the motor-mouthed singer herself as she flashed photos of her lovely baby on her social media and embraced him to […]
37-year-old Pop star turned leading opposition figure Bobi Wine, has been charged with intending to “annoy, alarm or ridicule” Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, according to BBC. Bobi wine whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, appeared in court on a previous treason charge after him and other opposition politicians allegedly stoned Museveni’s convoy during a campaign […]
