Musinguzi Blanshe

It is unprecedented in President Yoweri Museveni’s 40-year rule for so many senior military officers to be detained, seemingly under an anti-corruption drive led by his son and army chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

From job offers to the battlefield, Ugandans are being trafficked into Russia’s war in Ukraine, yet the government’s response has been slow and subdued despite mounting distress calls.

As Turkiye moves into Somalia’s energy sector, Kampala is asking why those profiting from stability are not paying for it.

The Balaalo lost their grazing lands in a 2010 military operation and have been labelled ‘squatters’. As a multi-billion-dollar industry rises where they once roamed, they remain the only ones shut out of the promised economic transformation.

From South Africa’s $1m tax sacrifice to Ethiopia’s total price coverage (at $127m per month), African leaders are deploying risky fiscal cushions to prevent fuel-induced inflation from sparking social unrest.

Uganda’s next speaker could become one of the most powerful figures in the country’s looming succession politics, with current speaker Anita Among and justice minister Norbert Mao emerging as early contenders in a battle that stretches far beyond parliament.

Uganda’s multi-billion-dollar energy, oil and mineral sectors, which are currently on the cusp of first oil and massive grid expansion, are overwhelmingly led by a powerful contingent of female politicians, technocrats and corporate executives.

The speaker of parliament once seemed untouchable. Then President Yoweri Museveni turned against her and Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba amplified the assault through triumphant X posts, followed by security raids and public displays of power that have reignited debate over who truly controls Uganda’s political machinery.

Ebola response teams and a few others are exempt and will undergo “strict health screening,” a top Ugandan official said.

From associates of his son to members of his generation, children of powerful political families and surprise appointments, Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has unveiled a new cabinet that will steer him as he begins another term that will see him stay in power until 2031.