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LoP Joel Ssenyonyi taking oath at parliament last month Dear comrades in opposition politics – especially in parliament – you must have seen my face as I watched you swear in for office. You were all smiles. In a poor country, you should have worn overalls, accompanied with battle-hardened faces. There should be nothing to celebrate. Many Ugandans frown at …

Opposition leading party, National Unity Platform (NUP) has retained Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi as the Leader of Opposition in Parliament (LoP). NUP also retained Jinja South Division East MP Paul Mwiru as chief opposition whip, while Kayunga district woman representative Harriet Nakwede was maintained as deputy chief opposition whip. NUP also retained Manjiya County MP John Baptist Nambeshe as …

By Ben Musanje Newly elected Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Jackson Marksons Oboth-Oboth has signaled a major shift in the leadership and direction of Uganda’s Parliament, promising openness, accountability, and fairness to both ruling party and opposition legislators in his maiden speech as Speaker of the 12th Parliament. In an address marked by humility, religious reflection, and promises of reform, …

KAMPALA — Joel Ssenyonyi, the outgoing Leader of the Opposition in Uganda’s 11th Parliament, has officially handed over all property attached to the Office of the Leader of Opposition following his swearing-in to the 12th Parliament. Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi during the hand over ceremony at Parliament on Friday. Speaking shortly after taking the oath on Friday, Ssenyonyi handed over the …

By Spy Uganda Eight Chadian opposition leaders arrested at the end of last month were jailed for eight years on Friday, their lawyer said, the latest detentions of President Mahamat Idriss Deby’s critics. The defendants, all members of the only political movement to have systematically challenged Deby’s election, had been detained in the capital N’Djamena a week before a “protest …

Viewers: 90,001 By Spy Uganda Uganda’s Parliament on Tuesday passed the controversial Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, following a tense and chaotic sitting in which opposition lawmakers struggled to have their voices heard. The session, marked by procedural disputes and sharp exchanges, saw legislators from the opposition repeatedly raise concerns over the handling of the Bill, only for many …

Hundreds of supporters of detained Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye held a defiant prayer service inside a Catholic cathedral on Monday, pressing authorities to free him after more than a year without trial on treason charges, as concerns mount over his failing health. The service at Lubaga Cathedral in Kampala was meant to be a holy mass presided over by …

Opposition leader and National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has said that security forces deployed at his home in Magere are guarding an empty house after his wife and children fled the country for safety. Speaking at the Geneva Human Rights Conference, Bobi Wine said the heavy security presence at his residence …

Kampala-The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) vice Chairperson for Central region and Mawokota South MP, Yusuf Nsibambi, has officially crossed to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), citing what he described as a lack of clear direction and coordination within the opposition. Yusuf Nsibambi addressing Journalists at NRM headquarters Speaking at the NRM secretariat on Wednesday, Nsibambi said his decision …

The People’s Front for Freedom has called for an independent audit of Uganda’s 2026 general elections. They accuse the Electoral Commission (EC), the military and state security agencies of presiding over what it described as an “industrial-scale electoral failure” characterised by violence, abductions and systemic fraud. Addressing journalists at the party’s headquarters on Katonga Road on Monday, PFF president Erias …