Ntungamo: Nyamunuka Town Council in Kajara County, Ntungamo District, erupted into jubilation following the election of Yasin Byamukama Katafa as the new LCIII chairperson and town mayor. Celebrations were held at Kyabashenyi Church of Uganda playground, Ntungamo district where hundreds of supporters gathered amid cheers, ululations, cultural songs, and traditional... Read More
Rukungiri: The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has won the majority of Local Council III (LC3) chairperson seats in Rukungiri District, taking 12 out of the 16 contested positions. The Peoples Front for Freedom (PFF) secured four seats in the elections held yesterday. The results were announced on February 4 and... Read More
Rukungiri: The Rukungiri Assistant Resident District Commissioner (A/RDC), Mabel Mirembe Karazarwe, has expressed her gratitude to the people of Rukungiri District for voting out the opposition and overwhelmingly supporting the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. Karazarwe noted that the NRM won all the four parliamentary seats in the district... Read More
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