By Paul Kimbugwe UNN TV Four years ago, on 5th September 2021, I sat alongside Elizabeth Wamala on UNN TV and told Uganda something it wasn’t ready to hear. We laid out document after document. We played video clips. We asked uncomfortable questions about a man who had just been “arrested” on espionage and immigration charges — an arrest that somehow made headlines on BBC, Al Jazeera, DW, and virtually every major international platform, all at once, as if Uganda had been infiltrated by the world’s most dangerous academic. We told you then: this arrest is not what it looks…
Author: Blazer News Times Reporter
How Witchdoctors & Pastors Are Cashing in on Uganda’s Cabinet Frenzy With President Museveni’s swearing-in done and a new Cabinet expected to follow after, the scramble for ministerial positions is now the industry. An industry that feeds not only political brokers and middlemen, but also the rapidly expanding spiritual economy of witchdoctors, traditional healers, self-proclaimed prophets and, figuratively speaking, “pastors.” Welcome to the politics of God, and God in Africa. Every five years in Uganda, after a presidential election, a peculiar ritual begins. Members of Parliament, former ministers, political operatives and ambitious technocrats all launch what is commonly known as…
The position of Speaker of Parliament is one of the most critical offices in Uganda’s governance structure. It requires a rare blend of legal expertise, political maturity, neutrality, national vision, and the ability to manage competing interests in a polarized political environment. A strong case can be made that Norbert Mao possesses many of these qualities, making him a compelling candidate for the role. 1. Deep Legal Expertise and Constitutional Understanding As Uganda’s current Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mao operates at the heart of the country’s legal and constitutional framework. His background as a trained lawyer/ advocate gives…
As the cabinet and state minister’s term in office approached tail end following the renewed next government’s mandate through the January 2026 elections, efforts to identify possible replacements were also going on, Blazer News Times has exclusively learnt. Notable figure’s names that came into consideration for the job according to the reliable sources in the corridors of power, was for the retired Chief Justice (CJ) Chigamoy Alfonse Owiny Dollo. Reliable sources told this news Website that Nobert Mao had first been identified as preferred candidate for the leader of the government business’s job, but turned it down, saying his sole…
The ruling NRM party top leadership under the Central Executive Committee (CEC) are caught between the rock and a hard place on deciding on who should be supported on Nobert Mao and Jacob Oboth -Oboth for the speaker of the Uganda’s next 12th parliament. This follows the withdrawal of embattled Annet Anita Among the outgoing speaker from the race based on calls by the state authorities, creating a path for an emergency of Oboth-Oboth who had not expressed interest in running for the position from the beginning. Announcing Oboth-Oboth’s candidature to a section of the NRM party-PLU leaning MPS that…
The Police forensic expert Enock Kanene informed the Mwanga II Magistrate Court on Thursday in an ongoing sodomy case involving pastor Robert Kayanja that there were videos recovered from the deleted content of the phone number saved as Mzee and registered in the names of Robert Kayanja, during his forensic expert work that culminated into the report forming part of evidence on Court record. Kanene was appearing for reexamination of his evidence by the defence legal team of the nine youths accused of tarnishing the reputation of pastor Kayanja, following his cross examination by the prosecution led by the chief…
By Emmanuel Mihiingo Kaija Land grabbing in Uganda constitutes a systemic governance failure embedded within the intersection of legal pluralism, institutional fragmentation, and political economy incentives that collectively distort access, ownership, and control over land resources. It is not an incidental deviation from legal order but a structurally produced outcome of how land governance operates under conditions of rapid urbanization, demographic pressure, and extractive development expansion. At the constitutional level, Uganda provides a clear normative framework governing land ownership. Article 237 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995) vests land in the citizens and recognizes four tenure regimes:…
Monday 11th May evening when I left the Negligence and Strict Liability Law exam, I checked my phone and I saw, I had a missed call from the Democratic Party First Lady and our 2026 Lord Mayor Flag bearer Maama Beatrice Mao, I called her back and she informed me she had left my Invitation Card to the Kololo with our Democratic Party Deputy Treasurer. I was so excited and a feeling of satisfaction swept across my mind; it changed my mood from the exam stress, the truth is this would be my very first time to be at such…
Annet Anita Among was a very powerful woman who meteorically rose in ranks within the ruling political NRM establishment before her most recent humiliating downfall that was triggered by her corruption dealing involvement allegations and reinforcement of a power center perceived to be a threat against the survival of the political establishment. Her amassed wealth and clout surely propelled her to indispensable influence that shortly after opened her doors with un restricted access to the table where national cake is served, access to the real wielders of the state power, the ruling party structures, opposition actors and other relevant stake…
NRM party chairperson also the Ugandan president Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is said to be furious about what has come to be understood as a well-orchestrated grand scheme under which the West Budama County South MP Markson Jacob Oboth- Oboth declared as the ruling party official candidate for the 12th parliament speakership seat, following a fall out of the outgoing speaker Annet Anita Among with the top party leadership. Reliable sources in the corridors of state power have exclusively told Blazer News Times that the president’s frustration was expressed during the meeting held over the weekend at the State House…