Uganda’s Winnie Byanyima will serve as the new executive director for UNAIDS, overseeing the efforts of some 11 different United Nations agencies and their global partners united in the fight to end HIV/AIDS. Byanyima said she’s pleased to accept the position at such a critical time for UNAIDS. “The end…
Popular Ugandan musician Bobi Wine – an opposition MP whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi – was released from prison on bail Monday, two weeks after he was arrested in the Uganda town of Arua. Wine was charged with treason after marchers from an August 13 political rally for independent…
Police in Uganda confirmed the death of an unidentified man they say was injured when a political rally in Rukungiri turned violent Wednesday – but they tell a starkly different story than opposition leaders who say they were there when police opened fire on the crowd. Patrick Amuriat, an opposition…
In Uganda, a food giveaway organized Wednesday by the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye turned quickly into a clash with police, who shut the event down. Besigye said that his FDC relief team was at first well-received by a large crowd gathered at…
A frustrated Dr. Kizza Besigye, repeating over and over that “this is my home,” was again arrested in Uganda on Monday after clashing with police officers outside his Kasangati residence. Besigye, leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and longtime political opponent of President Yoweri Museveni, argued with…
Ugandan politician Dr. Kizza Besigye was again stopped by police in Kampala Tuesday, this time while greeting supporters near the landmark Clock Tower at Entebbe Road. Local media report that heavily armed police in riot gear blocked his travel and towed his car, while dispersing a crowd that gathered as…
Uganda president Yoweri Museveni’s victory to rule for a fifth term left the capital, Kampala, an opposition stronghold, in stunned silence as dark clouds loomed over the east African nation’s political future. After a three month campaign the Electoral commission announced that Museveni had won an assailable 5.6m votes or…
Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.
The former Prime Minister of Uganda, Amama Mbabazi, told the BBC that he “will not back down” from his preparations for a presidential bid despite his arrest on Thursday July 9, 2015. Mbabazi was arrested when travelling to gain supporters. His daughter was also arrested at the same time as…