The NRM primaries held today were to determine candidates for district chairpersons, municipal mayors, city mayors, district councillors, and city councillors.
Ruth Rujoki Mushabe, the sister of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General John Musinguzi Rujoki, beat four other candidates, including the incumbent Jovanice Rwenduru Twinobusingye, to become the Woman Member of Parliament for Kiruhura District.
Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Emmanuel Rwashande has won the NRM primaries to become the party's flag bearer in Lwemiyaga county, Ssembabe district after defeating the incumbent Theodore Ssekikubo.
Phiona Nyamutoro, the Minister of State for Minerals in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development, took to social media to celebrate winning the Nebbi District Woman Member of Parliament (MP) seat in the National Resistance Movement primaries.
More than 90 people have been arrested following disturbances that marred the National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections across Uganda on 17 July 2025, according to a police summary released Wednesday evening.
Nyamutoro, the Minister of State for Minerals in the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development, is running for Nebbi District Woman Member of Parliament (MP).
The family of David Mutaaga and his wife, Deborah Florence Mutaaga, the couple that was brutally murdered in Lugonjo Nakiwogo Cell, Entebbe Municipality, Wakiso District, has released a statement, asking for compassion as they navigate this painful period
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has said President Yoweri Museveni has agreed to deport the German Ambassador to Uganda, Mathias Schauer
Businessman and social commentator Frank Gashumba has said that the Head of the Office of the NRM National Chairman (ONC), Hajjati Hadijah Namyalo Uzeiye, betrayed him.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the commencement of an emergency evacuation exercise for Ugandan nationals stranded in Iran and Israel, following the outbreak of armed conflict between the two nations on June 13, 2025
Ugandans who study and work in Iran have been advised to leave the country through its border with Turkey or Pakistan, from where they will be extracted.
One of the most controversial sections of UPDF Act is how it affects civilians' dress, as the army has gazetted what were previously civilian clothes for themselves, leaving civilians frustrated. (See tweets below)
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