Rukungiri: The incumbent Rukungiri District councillor representing Nyarushanje Sub-county, Mathias Mwesigwa Rwabugumi, has been elected the new Member of Parliament for Rubabo County. Rwabugumi, who contested on the NRM ticket, was declared the winner on Saturday January 16, at around 3:00 a.m. after polling 16,102 votes. He defeated the incumbent... Read More
Rukungiri: The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has swept all parliamentary seats in Rukungiri District, traditionally known as the backbone of opposition politics in Uganda. No opposition or independent candidate won any parliamentary position in the January 15, 2026 general elections. Rukungiri District is widely known as a stronghold of... Read More
Rukungiri: The Minister for Security and incumbent Rujumbura County Member of Parliament, Rtd. Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi Katugugu, accompanied by his wife Canon Susan Muhwezi, has successfully covered 100 percent of his campaign rallies across Rujumbura Constituency as he seeks what he has described as his final term before his... Read More
Rukungiri: The Peoples Front for Freedom (PFF) Party in Rukungiri District appears to be drifting into the hands of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. This follows open support for President Museveni from top PFF leaders, even as the party founder, Col. Dr. Kizza... Read More
Rukungiri: The Minister for Security and incumbent Rujumbura County Member of Parliament, Rtd. Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi Katugugu, has covered over 91% of his campaign rallies in Rujumbura Constituency as he seeks his final term before his planned retirement in 2031. Minister Muhwezi has so far concluded campaign rallies in... Read More
Kigezi: President Yoweri Museveni has temporarily stopped a village-level exercise to collect National Identification Numbers (NINs) and personal details in the Kigezi sub-region. The programme had been led by Peace Rugambwa, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture. It was suspended on January 3, after a meeting held at Rushoroza in... Read More
The Government of Uganda, through the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has held a press briefing in Rukungiri District to clarify the arrest and continued detention of Dr. Col. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Obeid Lutale. The press briefing followed public concerns,... Read More
Rukungiri: Businessman Charleson Kwikiriza Batsigira has rallied the people of Rukungiri district and Uganda at large to vote for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and all the party flag bearers in the upcoming January 15, 2026 general elections. Kwikiriza was speaking to our reporter in... Read More
Rukungiri: Former opponent of Security Minister Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi Katugugu in the NRM primaries, Fred Birimuye, has urged the public especially those who voted for him to support Jim Muhwezi, who emerged winner of the recently concluded NRM primaries. Birimuye made the call on December 16 during campaign... Read More
Rukungiri: Former opponents of the Minister for Security, Retired Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi Katugugu, who also serves as the Member of Parliament for Rujumbura County, have refuted claims that they were financially influenced to back his campaign. They said their support is driven purely by loyalty to the National Resistance... Read More