Prominent National Resistance Movement (NRM) party lawyer Ahmed Kalule will any time from now be wearing boots to fight for the Uganda Law Society president’s seat which is currently occupied by the key board warrior senior counsel Isaac Ssemakadde, Blazer News Times has learnt. Sources close to counsel Kalule exclusively told Blazer News Times that his move will be actualized through anticipated bar association elections. Lawyers familiar with the internal developments (names withheld), confirmed to this news Website, that the elections will be held as soon the ongoing mediation between the pro and anti Ssemakadde governance forces by the Court…
Author: Cedrick Mwesigwa
DP secretary general Gerald Blacks Siranda has been implicated in what has come to be known as a human trafficking scandal that left several individuals claiming to have been fleeced large sums of money by the individuals linked to him as his henchmen, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. The illegal human trafficking deal that has sparked the integrity and legal violation concerns, was according to reliable sources spearheaded by one Huudu who happens to be one of Siranda’s closest business associates. The said deal according to the sources, had aimed at aiding several individuals to leave Uganda for greener…
When heightened security operation coupled with thorough searches mounted at the former speaker Annet Anita Among’s Kampala- Nakasero and other residences in mid-May this year, it was reported that sacks of large sums of cash in billion shillings and dollars were recovered. The operation that saw Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Directorate and forensic services supported by Defence Intelligence and Security operatives, had aimed at investigating allegations of Among’s involvement into corruption, money laundering and illicit enrichment. The developments had created a narrative that sparked public demand for her speedy prosecution, Court arraignment and trial with slapped charges while relying…
By Cedrick Mwesigwa. On Monday 15 June one of the lead lawyers for the jailed opposition figure Dr. Kiiza Besigye and his ally Obeid Lutale, Erias Lukwago was picked from his Wakaliga home-Lubaga in Kampala by the military officers attached to the Special Forces Command (SFC), and went away with him to unknown location. Upon apprehension, Lukwago had set to serve court summons to the CDF Gen. Kainerugaba Muhoozi also president Museveni’s son, arising from the Monday 8 June application filed by Besigye and Lutale through their lawyers against him with other military officers; Col Peter Ahimbisibwe and Lt. Col…
By Cedric Mwesigwa. In July 2025, the Common Man’s Party (CMP) whose current president is the former Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa was unveiled with just a very short time to the campaigns leading up to the 2026 Uganda’s general elections. At its launch, the CMP party leaders formerly known as the Uganda Economic Party (UEP) displayed a silver platter locally to mean Lusaniya being its symbol, metaphorically joining electors and leaders in the gesture of sharing the cake together. Munyagwa was named its acting president while Moses Bigirwa secretary general with its offices opening at Jacaranda-Lubaga Municipality in Kampala…
By Cedrick Mwesigwa. Veteran journalist Charles Odongtho will be the next 12th parliament communications and public affairs director, a docket that has been under an explosive Chris Obore, Blazer News Times can exclusively report. Odongtho according to reliable sources came into an equation following his proximate relationship with the current speaker Markson Jacob Oboth-Oboth who now heads the legislative arm of the government. Odongtho’s relationship with Oboth-Oboth dated back from the previous parliament until recent time of his speakership bid that put Nobert Mao’s dream of getting picked to head the 12th parliament out of action. It is understood that…
By Cedrick Mwesigwa. Loquacious politician Nobert Mao has moved to re-invent himself by displaying more relevance in the country’s political arena, following his frustrated dream of ascending to the Ugandan 12th parliament speaker. Mao’s time long grown confidence with gained inspiration to certainly scoop the legislative top seat from then potential incumbent speaker Anita Among, banking on his cordial relationship with the deep state members, his DP political cooperation agreement with the ruling NRM party and NRA Historicals, was incidentally ended barely a week to the May 25th 2026 final speakership election, following sudden endorsement of Jacob Oboth -Oboth the…
By Cedrick Mwesigwa. Few days shortly after the public mortification of his troubled political ally Annet Anita Among- the outgoing speaker of the Ugandan parliament arising from the allegations of her involvement into corrupt dealings in legislature and nursing presidential ambitions, DP’s Gerald Blacks Siranda wings have equally been clipped, following allegations of his involvement into the party’s regular business. Gerald Siranda is currently the DP secretary general and Uganda’s representative to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) based in Arusha-Tanzania. He is also referring to himself Anita Among’s son, a revelation that was publicly made in March in Buyende-Busoga…
By Cedrick Mwesigwa. Highly placed sources in political circles have exclusively told Blazer News Times that the loquacious Democratic Party (DP) vice president Fred Denis Mukasa Mbidde will soon be unveiled as one of the latest ruling NRM party’s signings the green opposition party, following the time long secret talks between the dual, aimed at easing his defection. Mbidde’s presaged defection according to the insiders in DP is a culmination of his un dependability, considering that is not being highly trusted within the party leadership ranks. “He doesn’t have a team inside”, one source told this news Website. According to…
My Tree Initiative, Prudential and Crown Beverages Move to Regreen Ugandan Schools from Environmental Threats. By Cedrick Mwesigwa Environmentalists under My Tree Initiative (MTI) wants enforcement against the destruction of environment be heightened as a guardrail to its growing threats, but also as a strategy to foster the country’s greening transitioning agenda. Speaking at the sidelines of the launched Schools Forests and Financial Literacy Programme at Gayaza Junior School in Wakiso district, Ashraf Enjer Dumba MTI’s executive director noted that, while more efforts have been made by different stake holders aimed at protecting the environment through various restoration campaigns, several…