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By Aggrey Baba Uganda’s First Son and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), is no longer being viewed only as a pressure group in the country’s political space. Its recent involvement in the race for Speaker of the 12th Parliament has triggered debate that it is steadily emerging as a new centre of …

By Asuman Kiyingi The dramatic, high-stakes unraveling of Speaker Anita Annet Among’s political dominance in Uganda offers a classic study in the pathology of institutional capture, patronage, and the fragile nature of personalist power. Within a remarkably short period, a political titan—elected unopposed in Bukedea, victorious over the formidable Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga for the NRM’s Second National Vice Chairperson position, …

By Otim Nape Gen MK, arguably the most influential political actor in contemporary Uganda after his father Gen YK Museveni and Paternal uncle Salim Saleh, has indicated that the incoming Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oboth-Oboth will have to be deputized by a female.   And whereas several names (Lydia Wanyoto, Lillian Aber, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng etc) are being speculated …

By Aggrey Baba The fast-changing battle for Speakership of the 12th Parliament is increasingly pointing toward one political conclusion. As outgoing Anita Among and her deputy Thomas Tayebwa now fade out of the equation, Bukono County MP Persis Namuganza is quietly emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the ongoing political realignment inside the ruling camp.   For months, …

By Mulengera Reporters Gen MK’s endorsement of Hon Oboth-Oboth as the next Speaker of Parliament has widely been welcomed as very relieving news by thousands of Ugandans whose view is that change of leadership at Parliament was long overdue.   Gen MK, who many have since christened Gen Museveni’s co-President, has gone as far as signaling that Oboth-Oboth will have …

By Mulengera Reporters The soon-retiring Court of Appeal Judge, Dr. Fredrick Steven Martins Egonda Ntende used the Thursday session the Ugandan judiciary leadership organized to celebrate his accomplishments and see him off (having clocked 70), to call upon fellow Judicial Officers to stop their cowardice and stand firm while speaking truth to power.   Ntende, who a delegation from Makerere’s …

By Aggrey Baba Immediately after being sworn in as the Laroo-Pece Division MP on Thursday, May 14, 2026, Democratic Party president and aspiring Speaker of the 12th Parliament, Norbert Mao, set out his vision for how he would run the House, pledging equal speaking time for all Members of Parliament (MPs) regardless of party affiliation if elected Speaker.   Mao …

By Aggrey Baba The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has challenged the legality of President Museveni’s appointment of Justice Moses Kazibwe Kawumi as Deputy Chief Justice, warning that the entire process risks being nullified because the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that recommended him is under active constitutional challenge. The explosive protest by the ULS throws a cloud of uncertainty over Kazibwe’s …

By Ben Musanje The Uganda Law Society has launched a Shs2.301 billion “Sovereignty Defense Fund” aimed at mounting a nationwide legal and civic challenge against the newly assented Protection of Sovereignty Act, 2026, which the lawyers’ body describes as a major threat to constitutional freedoms, democracy and the rule of law. Addressing journalists at the ULS headquarters in Kololo on …

By Tuku-Neko Ogena Bese (Civil & Environmental Engineer, PRINCE2® Agile, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, MBA | National Executive Committee (NEC) Member | National Secretary for Workers, Entrepreneurs & Informal Sectors).                                       Sacrifice is a currency few are willing to pay in the current Uganda’s political theatre. Yet as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) contemplates whether to “sacrifice” Speaker …