KAMPALA, UGANDA – In a significant political shift, more than 1,000 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) from Kawempe North Division have formally defected to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).

KASESE, UGANDA – In a campaign stop aimed directly at border communities, Common Man’s Party (CMP) presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa has promised to abolish the longstanding 10,000-shilling border crossing fee at the Mpondwe border post. He condemned the charge as an unjust burden hindering ordinary citizens and small-scale trade.

KAMPALA, UGANDA – In his annual Christmas and New Year’s message dated December 22, 2025, His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, addressed pressing national issues ranging from agriculture and child safety to the state of the nation’s politics.

BUSIA, UGANDA – In a move highlighting the complex calculus of political support, teachers in Busia district, under their Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) chapter, have declared their intention to rally behind President Yoweri Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in the upcoming elections.