A key feature of the bill is its expansion of state oversight into digital platforms, effectively bringing online activism, advocacy, and civic engagement under government regulation. Ugandan Parliament The proposed law would require individuals and organisations receiving foreign funding to register with a designated department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This process involves rigorous vetting procedures, including disclosure of …
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Sovereignty bill is not bad, but passing it in its current form is a miscalculation
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka in parliament There is a proverb often recited but rarely understood: what the eye sees can deceive the mind, but what the mind refuses to question will govern the future. It is an uncomfortable truth that nations, like individuals, are sometimes most vulnerable not when they are blind, but when they are convinced they can see …
Read More »Over 200 NRM MPs Who Lost In Party Primaries Form Bloc, Vow To Contest As Independents
More than 210 Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who lost in the party’s recent primaries have announced plans to contest as independent candidates, defying calls by the party secretariat to abandon their bids. The legislators, who addressed a press briefing on September 19, 2025, accused the NRM of conducting sham primaries riddled with vote rigging, …
Read More »Kampala Traders Form NETA, Elect Ex-KACITA Boss Dr. Musoke Nagenda as Chairperson
By Kabuye RonaldA significant shift in Kampala’s business landscape has emerged as a section of traders and entrepreneurs have officially broken away from the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), citing deep-rooted leadership challenges and irreconcilable differences. The splinter group has since formed a new umbrella body, the National Entrepreneurs and Traders Association (NETA). NETA’s offices are now open and fully …
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