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Rebel MPs and tragedy of Uganda politics
Events unfolding rapidly in Uganda as our beloved country prepares for elections in February 2021 confirm what I have observed before...
Jul 27, 2020
‘It’s over, I am going to die’: how Uganda’s coronavirus curfew is claiming lives
The last words Evelyn Namulondo said to her elder sister, Jennifer, were: “It’s over, I am going to die.” It was 15 May and the...
Jul 27, 2020
Power unmasked: Can Uganda have a fair election amid Covid-19?
Government guidelines make it hard for the opposition to campaign. The Ugandan health minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, has won praise for her...
Jul 24, 2020
‘We were beaten’: 20 LGBTQ+ Ugandans file lawsuit over alleged torture
Group arrested during Kampala lockdown and later released allege horrific abuse during the 50 days they were on remand in prison. Twenty...
Jul 23, 2020
Uganda – where security forces may be more deadly than coronavirus
In Uganda, at least 12 people have allegedly been killed by security officers enforcing measures to restrict the spread of coronavirus,...
Jul 23, 2020
Uganda’s Bobi Wine, urging unity, launches presidential bid
Ugandan activist Bobi Wine has launched a new political party ahead of a presidential election in which he hopes to be the face of a...
Jul 23, 2020
Uganda’s Museveni picks up papers for re-election push
Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has collected papers to seek nomination as the ruling party’s candidate in next year’s...
Jul 21, 2020
Covid-19: Ugandans left landless, homeless after evictions
Scores of Ugandans have been faced with evictions during this COVID-19 lockdown despite a government ban on such. The majority of those...
Jul 20, 2020
More Ugandan artists show political interest
Several Ugandan artists have shown political interest in Ugandan politics after some of the reknown musicians and comedians won different...
Jul 17, 2020
With schools closed, child labour on the rise in lockdown Uganda
Every morning soon after dawn, 10-year-old Moses leaves home carrying trays of hard-boiled eggs and walks for half an hour to sell them...
Jul 17, 2020
Why Uganda needs a Stells Nyanzi in Parliament
Stella Nyanzi divides opinion: is she a relentless human rights campaigner or a vulgar and uncouth woman? Judging by her impact, it is...
Jul 15, 2020
Tundu Lissu and Bobi Wine talk democracy, tackling oppression and upcoming elections with The Resist
Two of East Africa’s most influential opposition leaders, Tundu Lissu and Bobi Wine joined a panel discussion last week with The...
Jul 13, 2020
Uganda: Army overtakes police in torture, says report
The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has overtaken police in torturing Ugandans, according to the African Centre for Treatment and...
Jul 8, 2020
Uganda boda boda rider sets himself on fire ‘over bribe’
A 29-year-old motorbike taxi rider in Uganda has died after setting fire to himself inside a police station. Hussein Walugembe's bike was...
Jul 6, 2020
Security might kill more Ugandans than COVID-19, warn MPs
Members of Parliament want government to prevail on errant security officials saying many Ugandans may die as a result of security...
Jul 3, 2020
We were arrested in Uganda while protesting for black lives
On June 9, we organised Uganda’s first Black Lives Matter protest and were subsequently arrested. The police alleged that we were...
Jul 3, 2020
Uganda’s history of electoral violence
I gasped after reading the above quote in an essay by Mary Serumaga. In her writing, she narrates how violence has been a part of...
Jul 1, 2020
UGANDAN LGBTQ YOUTH AWARDED DAMAGES OVER POLICE RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
Following the raid of an LGBTIQ homeless shelter in Uganda in April resulting in 19 gay men and trans women being jailed for 49 days,...
Jun 29, 2020
People with disabilities left stranded during national lockdown in Uganda
Nearly a month after Uganda enforced a national lockdown and curfew, 25-year-old Willy Oloya, who is deaf and blind, was shot by a team...
Jun 24, 2020
Uganda’s COVID-19 neglect of minorities is bad for everyone
In February 2012, a great wildfire raged through the Rwenzori Mountains National Park. In this area of significant conservation...
Jun 23, 2020
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