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An ex-Museveni minister is dead. Ambassador Kweronda Ruhemba, a former minister in different dockets and as an envoy, in the Yoweri Museveni government, breathed his last on Sunday, 29 March 2026.
Ugandan main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader and two-time presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has met US Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks.
Uganda’s first son and Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has fired UPDF deputy intelligence chief Col Abdul Rugumayo. Muhoozi has appointed Brig Gen Oscar Munanura to replace Col Abdul Rugumayo.
President Yoweri Museveni and NRM MPs have agreed on salary increment for arts teachers, primary teachers, TVET staff and security personnel.
The names of government agencies that will be scrapped or merged starting July 2026 have been revealed after rationalization saved Shs773.3bn in wage and non-wage bills, NSSF contributions, gratuity and Board Expenses.
Uganda’s Parliament has released a three-day program for swearing-in of MPs showing when each member will take oath.
Uganda’s president-elect Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his team of close and trusted advisors are on a mission to identify men and women that will be named cabinet ministers and junior ministers (ministers of state) in coming weeks. The 81-year-old, who will have ruled Uganda for 45 years by the end of his new term, may look at some old and experienced hands that have previously been in cabinet. In the second part of our series on Cabinet Fever 2026, The Pearl Times’ Samuel Kamugisha looks at ex-ministers Museveni is likely to appoint to his cabinet for 2026-2031.
Ugandan opposition leader and 2026 presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has spoken out on talks with Museveni, hinted on return home as security leaves his Magere home.
First son, chief of defence forces (CDF) and Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) chairman Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has assigned more NRA-like numbers to allied Museveni ministers and MPs.