Outspoken veteran journalist and former Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Nganda Ssemujju has mooted a negotiation plan aimed at easing his return to the country from exile that was triggered by his presaged arrest, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. Sources claim that Ssemujju’s return negotiations are being steered by his former workmates; veteran journalist Andrew Muwenda and Adonia Ayebare. “He is using Adonia Ayebare and Andrew Muwenda to engage the state and Muhoozi to soften the stance and let him return freely”. Sources claim that the independent minded journalist’s move was informed by his need for safety guarantees before jetting…
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The Bukoto Central MP Eng. Richard Ssebamala is under the spotlight over allegations of involvement into the scandal concerning the government hospital generator supply deal, which has raised integrity concerns among a section of stake holders including his fellow DP members. It is alleged by the sources that the said deal which culminated into fleecing one Kenyan investor 4 million USD, had been engineered through parliament. According to the sources, Engineer Ssebamala allegedly gave an assurance to an investor that they would help him to influence the parliament procurement process to pave for him a way of winning the deal…
Counterterrorism in Africa constitutes a complex, multi-layered institutional system whose operational logic can only be adequately understood through the integration of quantitative force deployment metrics, longitudinal conflict datasets, financial expenditure tracking, and governance capacity indicators distributed across multiple geopolitical theatres. Within this system, the functions as the principal continental coordinating body, providing normative frameworks, mission authorization structures, and strategic oversight mechanisms that attempt to align national military capacities with regional and continental security objectives. However, despite this institutional architecture, the empirical security landscape across Africa reveals persistent asymmetries between resource allocation, troop deployment levels, and measurable stabilization outcomes, particularly in…
The incoming lord mayor for the Ugandan capital Kampala Ronald Nsubuga Balimwezo is caught between the rock and a hard place following a move by the central government aimed at frustrating his efforts of turning his imaginary manifesto idealistic dreams into reality. Reliable sources in the corridors of Kampala Capital City (KCCA) main seat- city hall exclusively told Blazer News Times that Balimwezo is stuck into financial crisis, lacking operational budget to facilitate his chaired Central Executive Committee (CEC) activities, despite legal guardrails providing for the same. CEC under the amended KCCA Act (2020) is mandated with ensuring among other…
Two of the 10 Police Directors who were in May told to hand over offices last month following expiry of their terms, were in a dramatic turn of events seen attending an official Police event at its Naguru based headquarters, which has ever since ignited serious concerns among some junior officers, questioning the motive behind their reappearance. The two said officers are; AIGP Lawrance Nuwabiine-Director Traffic and Road Safety Directorate and AIGP Stephen Tanui-Director Fire and Rescue Services. The Police spokesperson Kituuma Rusoke, had earlier this month confirmed to the media that the Director’s offices would immediately be run by…
Security Architecture, Institutional Design, Elite Management, and Political Adaptation in Uganda (1986–2026) The long stay in power of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni—stretching from 26 January 1986 all the way into the mid-2020s—is not something that can be reduced to a single explanation or a neat academic formula, because what you are really dealing with here is a layered political system that has evolved over nearly four decades in a highly adaptive, almost evolutionary manner, constantly adjusting itself to shifting internal pressures inside Uganda and equally shifting external global conditions, and when you examine it closely it begins to resemble less…
The renewal of contracts for 10 heads of police directorates that were recently told to hand over offices to their deputies following expiry, has met a setback after a section of the serving junior police staff requested president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni decline to renew them, claiming there is no justification for contract extension. The police bosses whose contracts are pending renewal by the appointing authority, include AIGP Felix Baryamwisaki- Head of Directorate of ICT, AIGP Moses Kafeero-HR Development and Training, AIGP Hadijah Namutebi- Welfare, Production and Sports, AIGP Erasmus Twaruhukwa- Director Research and Planning, AIGP David Wasswa Ssengendo- Counter Terrorism,…
In May 13, 2026, the Uganda Law Council Disciplinary Committee held in its decision that the controversial Kampala city lawyer Richard Buzibira was guilty of professional misconduct, thus ordering for his removal from the practicing advocates roll, implying he couldn’t practice law for a given time. Buzibira’s ejection followed a complaint filed by Pastor Daniel Walugembe, who accused him of forging documents allegedly authorizing Buzibira to process payments arising from a land sale involving the Uganda Land Commission. The said documents included instructions and powers of attorney purportedly issued by Joseph Sunday. The disciplinary panel which included Moses Mushabebe Nabende,…
This year, 9th October 2026, Uganda will be marking 64 years since it became a Republic gaining independence away from the British Protectorate. Surprisingly, Uganda still Struggles with Human Rights Abuse, Poverty, Corruption, Unemployment and Poor Governance Under the NRM Government (1986–2026). For four decades, Uganda has remained under the leadership of Mr. Yoweri K.T. Museveni and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). When the NRM took power in 1986, Ugandans were promised a fundamental change and this was explicitly highlighted through the regime’s ten-point programme as highlighted below: – 1. Restoration of Democracy: Returning power to the people by…
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…