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:…
Author: Blazer News Times Reporter
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…
Outgoing speaker of the Ugandan parliament Annet Anita Among’s ambition aimed at maintaining her grip at the helm of the 3rd top office of the three organs constituting the government is no more, following an agreement reached upon with her ruling NRM party chairman also the head of state president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, thus withdrawing from the contentious race. Highly placed sources close to the state power exclusively told Blazer News Times that the said consensus was forged during the State House Entebbe meeting held over the weekend. It is said by the reliable sources that Anita Among who has…
By Our Reporter Kawempe referral Hospital is once again under the spotlight for delivering health services that have seen several seekers at the public facility go back home either fully recovered with high hopes to see the sun again, or more indisposed than they came with indelible bruises due to the wanting quality of health care. When you enter into the Hospital premises during day time, some of the patients with their care takers are seen lying and seated on the ground at the main entrance of the ground level, as a welcome note. For starters, this is the starting…
Generation Z in Uganda—those born between the mid-1990s and early 2000s—are not just passive observers of politics. They are vocal, connected, and watching. Raised in the age of smartphones and social media, they have turned platforms like X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, WhatsApp, and Facebook into powerful arenas of political expression. And in recent weeks, one thing has become unmistakably clear: Gen Z is paying close attention. Across these digital platforms, conversations are growing louder, bolder, and more deliberate. Hashtags are forming. Opinions are sharpening. At the centre of this rising momentum is Hon. Norbert Mao and his bid for Speaker…
Since 6AM today, my phone has been inundated with calls from the Bar, the public, and the press. They are furious at the 923-word article by Enoch Barata in New Vision of 20 April 2026 defending the so-called Sovereignty Bill. They demand a scorching rebuttal. Enoch Barata is not just a lawyer. He is the Director of Legal Services of the National Resistance Movement. This is my rebuttal, as Vice President of the Uganda Law Society: The NRM Legal Director’s defence of the so-called National Sovereignty Bill (in reality the Anti-Sovereignty Bill) presents a familiar script: *“the world is changing,…
“Constitutionalism, accountability and the Speakership question in Uganda” On April 21, 2026, at the Democratic Party headquarters Press conference at Balintuma Rd, Hon. Norbert Mao made a statement that deserves more than passing attention: “The House belongs to the people.” In a political climate increasingly defined by allegations of corruption, patronage, and the centralization of power within Parliament, this remark speaks directly to the constitutional foundation of Uganda’s democracy. It is not merely a political opinion. It is a constitutional reminder. The Constitution of the Republic of Uganda is explicit. Article 1 provides that all power belongs to the people…
Journalists body the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) has protested the continued detention of journalist Frank Bwekumbule attached to Impact FM Radio and Dream Tv, for reporting a story allegedly exposing a defaulted payment to one service provider by the controversial NRM party mobiliser Justine Nameere. Bwekumbule has been held in Masaka Central Police Station (CPS) detention since Tuesday 21st April, following his arrest when he had reported there to file a complaint against two suspected criminal men that had recently barbarically attacked him on his way back home from work. The statement released by UJA on Thursday indicated that the…