Detention Fails to Halt Uganda Opposition Campaigns

Detention Fails to Halt Uganda Opposition Campaigns

2026-01-13

(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – As millions of Ugandans head to polling stations on Thursday to choose their leaders, several candidates, mainly from the Opposition National Unity Platform party, will mark election day from prison. Unable to cast ballots themselves, the detained candidates rely on family members, party officials, and supporters toContinue Reading

Museveni and Bobi Wine End Campaigns in Capital

Museveni and Bobi Wine End Campaigns in Capital

2026-01-13

(KAMPALA, UGANDA) – Kampala City is hosting successive final campaign rallies by incumbent leader Yoweri Museveni and his main challenger, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, as the country heads into the January 15 presidential election. Mr Museveni, the candidate of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, andContinue Reading

Mobile Money Gets Independence in MTN Overhaul

Mobile Money Gets Independence in MTN Overhaul

2025-07-26

(KAMPALA) – Shareholders of MTN Uganda have approved the separation of the company’s mobile money services from its main telecommunications operations. The decision will see MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd become an independent entity under the new proposed name, MTN New FinCo, pending regulatory approval. The move is part ofContinue Reading

South Sudan Muslim Leaders Strengthen Ties with Uganda Through New 10 Year Agreement

South Sudan Muslim Leaders Strengthen Ties with Uganda Through New 10 Year Agreement

2025-07-23

(KAMPALA) – The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) and the Islamic Council of South Sudan (ICSS) have signed a new 10 year cooperation agreement to promote Islamic education, leadership and institutional development across the East African region. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at UMSC headquarters in Old Kampala,Continue Reading