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Uganda’s main opposition party said on Friday that its leader, Bobi Wine, was taken by the army from his home in the capital and moved to an unknown location, as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a decisive re-election victory. Bobi Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) said in a statement posted on X that an army helicopter landed inside his …

Shocking news reaching RedPepper Online confirms the passing of Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye, the former Managing Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). A close family member has revealed that Dr. Iyamulemye succumbed to cancer, an illness he had quietly battled for years. Insiders say his condition deteriorated further after he lost the high-stakes fight to stop UCDA from being …

A newly transferred Electoral Commission (EC) Returning Officer, Gaston Muhangi, is in hot soup after ploughing into four buffaloes inside Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, killing them instantly in a wild drunken crash! The bizarre scene unfolded near Kikorongo, along the Kasese–Mbarara highway, when Muhangi — said to have been on a booze binge in Kasese Town — …

A newly transferred Electoral Commission (EC) Returning Officer, Gaston Muhangi, is in hot soup after ploughing into four wild animals inside Queen Elizabeth National Park on Friday night, killing them instantly in a wild drunken crash! The bizarre scene unfolded near Kikorongo, along the Kasese–Mbarara highway, when Muhangi — said to have been on a booze binge in Kasese Town …

63 people have been confirmed dead and several others injured in a road fatal crash that occurred today, 22nd October 2025, at midnight 12:15 am at Kitaleba Village, near Asili Farm, along the Kampala-Gulu Highway, Uganda Police has confirmed. According to police, the fatal crash involved four motor vehicles; UBF 614X, Isuzu bus (Nile Star Coaches), CGO 5132AB 07 Toyota …

A former parliamentary aspirant, Akol Hellen Odeke, has come forward with serious allegations that her life and that of her family are in danger following her attempt to contest against Speaker of Parliament Anita Among during the last general election. Akol, who vied for a parliamentary seat in eastern Uganda, says she has endured persistent death threats, intimidation, and property …

By Peter Luzinda The Uganda Police Force is mourning the loss of one of its officers following a tragic accident in the early hours of Saturday morning, when a Tanzanian-bound cargo trailer rammed into a stationary police truck at a checkpoint in Kasanvu, along the Mutukula–Kyotera road. One Police Officer Dead, Three Injured as Trailer Rams into Police Truck 8 …