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KAMPALA, Uganda — Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s latest public declarations targeting the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Parliament, Joel Ssenyonyi, mark a further intensification of…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s decision to charge prominent lawyer and former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago with a treason-related offence has intensified scrutiny of the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has accused President William Ruto’s administration of using the newly tabled 2025/26 Supplementary Budget to facilitate what he…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has been removed from the Senate Energy Committee in a reshuffle that is likely to intensify speculation about growing…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has implemented a sweeping restructuring of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), replacing its Secretary General and overhauling the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — A coalition of United Opposition leaders has begun a three-day political tour of Kenya’s Western region, in a coordinated campaign aimed at strengthening…
NAIROBI, Kenya — When thousands of young Kenyans flooded the streets in opposition to the Finance Bill in 2024, few expected the protests to fundamentally…
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s politics has never been purely ideological. It is a finely balanced arithmetic of regions, turnout efficiency, elite bargaining, and—most decisively—ethno-regional voting…
KAMPALA, Uganda — When President Yoweri Museveni launched his armed rebellion against Milton Obote’s government in 1981, he presented himself as a revolutionary determined to…
KAMPALA, Uganda — For the first time in several years, Uganda’s Parliament is entering a new political chapter without the commanding presence of former Speaker Anita…