By Andrew Baba Buluba The elections of 2021 may be too far behind us but many of its components will most likely continue influencing the country’s future political terrain for years to come. Four-time Museveni challenger Rtd. Col. Dr Kizza Warren Kifefe Besigye was for the first time in over two decades out of the…
Makindye West MP Allan Sswanyana and Kawempe North Legislator Muhammad Ssegirinya have been remanded to Kitalya prison. The two were arraigned before Masaka Magistrates’ Court over Masaka gruesome killings and were later remanded upto 15 September after being charged with 4 counts. Three are of murder and one is of attempted murder. The two were…
Two supporters of Robert Kyagulanyi better known as Bobi Wine who were kidnapped in December last year were released on Sunday night. Denis Matovu and Richard Sonko who are brothers were kidnapped on December 8th 2020 from Lukuli-Nanganda trading centre in Makindye division. Solome Nakibuuka, the mother of the two told said they were dropped…
On April 12, 2021, city lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi wrote a letter to the Secretary-General of the Electoral Commission demanding that he be availed with a copy of the constitution of the National Unity Platform-NUP. The party changed leadership in 2020 from Moses Nkonge Kibalama to Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine. In August of…
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Court Martial has no powers to try civilians. In a majority ruling of three justices against two, the court ruled that although the Court Martial is a competent court under the 1995 Constitution, its powers are only limited to serving officers of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces. “Emphasizing…
The Uganda Supreme Court has on Thursday March, 4, 2021 adjourned the hearing of Former presidential candidate and National Unity Platform Presidential (NUP) principal Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine’s application seeking to withdraw the Presidential election petition for Counsel Medard Lubega Segona to renew practicing certificate. When the matter came up for hearing earlier…
The Makindye General Court Martial has granted bail to 13 supporters of National Unity Platform who were arrested from Kalangala district in December 2020 where Kyagulanyi had gone to converse for support ahead of the concluded January presidential elections. Those released are Rachael Akiiki Tusiime, Saphinah Nansovo, Jamirah Kalyango Namwanje, John Miiro, William Ntege alias…
Rogers Ssemakula, one of the National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters and resident of Kabembe in Kyampisi Sub County in Mukono district who went missing on the eve of the presidential and parliamentary elections, has been found dead. His body was recovered from Kiyunga forest by a team of NUP supporters following days of searching. Ssemakula,’s…
Security personnel have arrested another 262 suspects in connection to the protests that rocked the country last week. The protests followed the arrest and detention of Robert Kyagulanyi, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate. Protests broke out spontaneously across the country and security agencies responded shooting indiscriminately in buildings leaving scores dead. Earlier on joint…
At least one person died and several others sustained injuries after Uganda police opened fire at National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential contender Robert Kyagulanyi’s supporters in Mbale City, on Sunday. Eye witnesses have identified the deceased as Kharisma Mateeka, who was a songwriter and one of the staunch Bobi Wine supporters and a NUP coordinator…
