For weeks, Uganda’s presidential campaign trail carried an unusual quiet. Candidates crisscrossed the country with little of ...

With an “insatiable curiosity about the world,” Zohran Mamdani walked into the Daily Monitor newsroom in Uganda in 2007 as a teenager with the hopes of becoming a “top reporter.” Mamdani’s father had ...

NRM’s Museveni and FDC’s Mafabi are using coffee as a political tool to win the hearts of the people in Bugisu region ...

We have noted the rise of youth groups acting as vigilantes and political foot soldiers, particularly in the central region" ...

As Uganda enters another political season, one thing has already become clear: women are still judged by standards that have ...

On the morning of December 1, 2025, a convoy of police trucks wound through the streets of Mbarara, ferrying what appeared to be a sea of supporters toward La Rooftop Lounge. From there, they were set ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The soldier son of Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni is signalling his readiness to take over his father's job, with comments on global affairs from Ukraine to ...

Amos Lugoloobi, Uganda's state minister for finance in charge of planning, sits in the courtroom where he pleaded not guilty to corruption offenses, in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, April 17, 2023. Ugandan ...

Back in August, when Uganda's electoral commission opened nominations, more than 100 hopefuls picked up forms. The list included comedians, students and unlikely candidates. One of the most colourful ...

Many years ago as I was growing up, I used to be mesmerised by the stories of former president Daniel arap Moi's political gimmicks. He had high level of political ingenuity to the extent that he was ...