Yoweri Museveni

A blue and yellow steel drilling rig with yellow staircases and walkways stands against a hillside, a red wellhead assembly at its base. A group of people in hard hats and coveralls stand in front of it.

Museveni expected to commission first oil at Hoima pump station on 15 December

President Museveni is expected to commission first oil on 15 December at Pump Station One in Hoima, a source says. The government has not confirmed

A stack of Ugandan shilling banknotes—50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000—arranged in a currency counting machine.

Uganda Shilling

BoU turns to dollar sales as political warnings meet market pressure

Bank of Uganda sold foreign currency after rate rises failed to halt the shilling’s slide, despite warnings from Museveni and Ggoobi against using reserves

President Yoweri Museveni speaking at a podium bearing the presidential seal during the Independence Day celebration, wearing a white shirt and a maroon, white and gold sash.

Foreign exchange

Museveni rejects selling dollar reserves to prop up the shilling

Uganda’s reserves stood at $6.52bn in August, nearly double February 2024, as Museveni urges fewer imports instead of dollar sales to support the shilling.

Medium shot of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signing an official act into law at State House.

Museveni’s new foreign funding law deepens fears over shrinking political space

New foreign funding law has drawn criticism from opposition figures, rights groups, and development partners

Bobi Wine

Escape to America cannot solve Bobi Wine’s dilemma

Bobi Wine's flight to the US highlights the core tension facing Uganda's opposition: street legitimacy versus international advocacy

Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni, gestures, while smiling, and seated, in an October 2023 photo

Land conflicts: do populist state measures actually fix problems?

Do populist state measures – especially when launched by a politically powerful leader – deliver improvements for the stated beneficiaries?

The late Cecilia Atim Ogwal speaking at an FDC event in Wakiso, November 2023. One of Uganda’s longest-serving female legislators, she passed away on 18 January 2024 at the age of 77. Ms Ogwal was a trailblazer, known for her strength, charisma, and leadership in the opposition. She was a staunch defender of multipartyism, democracy, and human rights. Known for her toughness, she fearlessly stood up to male leaders in the ruling party and her own party, earning her the nickname 'iron lady' in Uganda.

Cecilia Atim Ogwal: a fearless politician who spoke her mind and challenged convention

Cecilia Ogwal was a trailblazer, known for her strength and charisma as an opposition leader, and a staunch defender of multipartyism, democracy, and human rights

Bobi Wine’s 2021 bid highlights youth vote challenge—and Museveni’s mastery

Despite widespread “youth wave” optimism, the NRM employed diverse, embedded strategies and tactics to obstruct Bobi Wine’s efforts to build a national youth constituency

Uganda's President Museveni atop a military pickup, inspecting an honour guard, four top security officers standing behind him

For Museveni, memory of his past holds the key to youthful support

President Museveni's claim to power rests in large part on history – the hold with which the country’s dark past grips it citizens

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23 November 2017

After Mugabe, all eyes are on Museveni: how long can he cling to power?

In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni – who has been in power for almost 30 years – clings on, is plotting to change the constitution so that he can stand in the 2021 elections. How long can he stay in power?