Former Kampala Lord Mayor and lawyer Erias Lukwago has been charged with failure to report treason. The charge adds a new twist to Uganda’s growing political and legal tensions. Lukwago appeared before a court in Kampala on Thursday. He had spent several days in detention after his arrest earlier this week. According to reports, he…
Veteran opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye is expected before the High Court in Kampala today. Prosecutors are set to begin presenting evidence in his high-profile treason trial. The case has attracted significant political and public interest across Uganda. State prosecutors have lined up at least 10 witnesses to testify against Dr Besigye, his political aide…
Engineer Ronald Nsubuga Balimwezo has been officially installed as the Kampala Lord Mayor during a swearing-in ceremony held at City Hall. The event marks the formal handover of the capital’s top political office. The ceremony was presided over by senior officials from the Kampala Capital City Authority. The Executive Director formally confirmed his assumption of…
Anita Among, the speaker of Parliament, has halted COSASE’s investigation into tycoon Hamis Kiggundu’s Nakivubo Channel redevelopment. She, however, redirected them to a select team under the Physical Infrastructure Committee, a move that has sparked fierce resistance from Kampala leaders. COSASE was today scheduled to grill city businessman Hamis Kiggundu, aka Ham, over the controversial…
The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has warned that it may mobilise the opposition to reject the upcoming Kawempe North by-election if attacks by the state agents against opposition supporters continue. However, Erias Lukwago, the PFF President, condemned the escalating violence in the constituency, accusing security agencies led by the Joint Anti-Terrorism Taskforce (JAT) of…
The Acting President of the Opposition Forum for the Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction, Mr. Erias Lukwago, on Monday launched the registration process for their new party political, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF). He cautioned security forces against interfering with the legal exercise. The Electoral Commission (EC) granted the faction the green light to…
The FDC Katonga faction has given the Electoral Commission (EC) one week to issue the registration forms to the promoters of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF), the new political party that they intend to start. Erias Lukwago, the interim president of the FDC Katonga faction, said that the EC has up to Monday next…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction has accused the Najjanankumbi faction of submitting fraudulent documents to the court. This internal division within the FDC has been spearheaded by Erias Lukwago, the Kampala Lord Mayor, who leads the Katonga faction, while Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nanthan Nandala Mafabi head the Najjanankumbi faction. This split…
Kampala’s Lord mayor Erias Lukwago has denied meeting Gen Salem Saleh. Ever since January began, Gen saleh came out and said I have been supporting Lukwago in all his campaigns ever since he joined politics in 2001. The news circulated on all social media platforms how saleh was ashaming lukwago and he told him to…
