People sometimes cite this piece of wisdom from a 40-something Museveni of 1986 partly to spite the 80-year Museveni of our day. They are puzzled how this immovable ruler grew out of the young ...

Yoweri Museveni's son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, could not stay quiet after news of his father and Kizza Besigye's wife Winnie Byanyima's relationship.

President Museveni has reiterated that empowering women has been a deliberate focus of his administration since the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came into power."I want to thank the Ambassador ...

1986: Export-Driven Agricultural Revolution In his inauguration speech, Museveni pledged to diversify Uganda’s agricultural exports beyond coffee, cotton, and tea, focusing on high-value products.

The phrase ‘L’État, c’est moi’ (I am the State), famously attributed to King Louis XIV of France, encapsulates a political ...

Compared to others who have sought to overthrow him, Besigye is not even in the top five. His persecution, therefore, must ...

Critics of Museveni, who took power in 1986, say Besigye's detention is the latest example of hardening authoritarianism ahead of an election next year in which the president is expected to stand ...

Tuesday marked 39 years since President Yoweri Museveni first assumed office, transitioning from a rebel leader to Uganda’s head of state in 1986. Now in office for nearly four decades ...

Veteran Ugandan opposition politician Kizza Besigye has been charged with treason in a civilian court after his controversial case was transferred from a military tribunal. Treason is a capital ...

For years he was the most serious challenger to President Yoweri Museveni, who has held power since 1986, before the recent rise of the opposition figure known as Bobi Wine. Besigye went missing ...

1981 – 1986. At 8:30 in the morning of February 6, 198, the first blow against Obote’s fascist rule was struck. A platoon of 27 patriotic combatants under the command of Yoweri Museveni ...

But President Yoweri Museveni, an authoritarian leader who has held power since 1986, said he disagreed with the court’s decision and that “the country is not governed by the judges.” ...