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Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the FARDC intensifies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [11] Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests in July. [12]
Government body Head Notes Office of the President: Yoweri Museveni [1] [2] [3] Office of the Vice President: Jessica Alupo [1] [2] Office of the Prime Minister: Robinah Nabbanja [1] [2] Office of First Deputy Prime Minister & Minister for EAC Affairs: Rebecca Kadaga [1] [2] Office of Second Deputy Prime Minister & Leader of Government Business ...
There are 30 Cabinet ministers and 50 Ministers of State in the Cabinet of Uganda (2021 to 2026). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The number of state ministers reduced by one is September 2024 after the death of Hon. Sarah Mateke who was the state minister for defence.
Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda 1 January – At least nine people are killed and many others are injured during a stampede at a music show in Kampala. [2]6 January – At least 16 people are killed and 21 others are injured in a bus crash en route to the city of Gulu from Kampala, in northern Uganda.
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [ 1 ]
On 28 November 2024, heavy rainfall caused a series of landslides to strike six villages in the Bulambuli District, located in mountainous regions of eastern Uganda. The damage caused by the landslides caused the deaths of at least 20 people, [ 1 ] with 113 reported by Ugandan police as missing.
24 May – Ugandan police arrest veteran opposition politician Kizza Besigye for "inciting violence" and also disperse a crowd protesting against the government. [4] 8 June – Uganda reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. [5] 1 August – Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in eastern Uganda. [6]
Uganda imposes a new tax rate for using the internet as the government orders a 12% excise duty on mobile data. President Yoweri Museveni defends the tax as he says that social media users are "endlessly donating money to foreign telephone companies through chatting or even lying" and described the use of social media as a "luxury". This tax ...