UGM Uganda Governance Monitor
3250incidents
396killed
367injured
11694arrested

1695 not independently verified are included; 1142 national incidents have no map point. Arrest totals may include some overlap between roll-up reports.

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Date IncidentDistrictCategory Killed Injured Arrested Evidence
23 Jul 2026 Finance Minister Musasizi directs FIA to keep Uganda off FATF grey list National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Works Minister directs digital number plate contractor to clear production bottlenecks by 30 August Kampala Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) NUP candidate petitions Electoral Commission to disqualify NRM rival in Mutuba-Musisi Gardens Cell, Masaka City Masaka Election related Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Magistrate rejects summons for missing Kivumbi and adjourns terrorism case to 20 August National Justice and court rulings Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Local Government Minister says public officers who did not resign cannot contest LC I and LC II elections National Election related Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) High Court dismisses NUP challenge to withholding of party funding over IPOD membership National Justice and court rulings Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Erias Lukwago committed to High Court for trial on misprision of treason Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Electoral Commission cancels nomination of NRM candidate for Njumaga Cell chairperson in Masaka City Masaka Election related Single source
22 Jul 2026 High Court declines habeas corpus for NUP's Muwanga Kivumbi, orders inquiry into his whereabouts Kampala Justice and court rulings Verified
22 Jul 2026 Government moves Karamoja drought food relief distribution from private contractors to UPDF and Prisons National Humanitarian and crises Single source
22 Jul 2026 Entebbe High Court refuses Movit early judgment on land occupied by Uganda Prisons Service in Sazi Buwaya Wakiso Justice and court rulings Single source
21 Jul 2026 Capt. Denis Oola accepts state brief lawyers in treason case; Besigye and Lutale decline Kampala Justice and court rulings Verified
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Works Minister says Busega-Mpigi Expressway cost will pass Shs2 trillion, blames rerouting on officials National Corruption and abuse of office Single source
Date not reported (reported 21 Jul 2026) Parliament grants Budadiri East MP Julius Nakiyi leave to prepare bill reviewing mobile money taxes National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Ministry of Local Government summons district chiefs to national anti-corruption meeting National Corruption and abuse of office Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Minister Barugahara's inspection of Naiku Health Centre III in Mbale reports nine alleged ghost workers Mbale Corruption and abuse of office Official claim
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Minister Barugahara orders arrest of Naiku Primary School headteacher over inflated enrolment Mbale Corruption and abuse of office Official claim
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Health Ministry directs all public hospital staff to wear uniforms with name tags National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) General Court Martial denies bail to ex-CMI chief Maj Gen James Birungi in treachery case National Justice and court rulings Single source
21 Jul 2026 President Museveni reshuffles senior UPDF Air Force and human resource officers National Policy and legislation Single source
21 Jul 2026 IGP denies holding Muwanga Kivumbi, asks High Court to dismiss habeas corpus application Kampala Civic space and media freedom Disputed
20 Jul 2026 Plain-clothes security officers fire shots in the air during arrest operation at Kiseka Market, Kampala Kampala Violence and conflict Official claim
Jul 2026 (day not reported) National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board launches 2025/26–2029/30 Strategic Plan National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Gen Salim Saleh tells Teso delegation that Anita Among probe concerns her management of Parliament Nakaseke Corruption and abuse of office Single source
20 Jul 2026 Works minister tells MPs President Museveni has sacked six ministry engineers over road project corruption National Corruption and abuse of office Single source
20 Jul 2026 Works minister says road contracts need 75% of land acquired before signing, on President's guidance National Policy and legislation Single source
20 Jul 2026 Prime Minister Nabbanja flags off emergency food relief for drought-hit Karamoja households Kampala Humanitarian and crises Single source
20 Jul 2026 Finance Ministry and PPDA begin rollout of eGP 2.0 electronic procurement to 100 government entities National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) CAR President Touadéra receives credentials of Uganda's Ambassador Farid Kaliisa National International relations Single source
17 Jul 2026 Besigye and Lutale legal representation application assigned to Civil Division Justice Kinobe Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) NRM deploys nationwide coordination teams for Local Council and Women Council elections National Election related Single source
17 Jul 2026 NEMA demolishes perimeter wall at Ddungu Resort Beach in Lake Victoria protection zone National Environmental issues Single source
17 Jul 2026 Museveni meets Rostam Aziz at State House Entebbe amid Daily Monitor and NTV shutdown Wakiso Civic space and media freedom Single source
17 Jul 2026 Education Ministry suspends all school trips nationwide after King David Junior School crash National Policy and legislation Verified
16 Jul 2026 Parliament endorses Stella Kiryowa and Fred Rwakaizi Bangumya as Uganda's new EALA members National Election related Single source
16 Jul 2026 School bus carrying King David Junior School pupils crashes in Kapchorwa, killing pupils Kapchorwa Humanitarian and crises Single source
16 Jul 2026 Parliament committee orders UCAA to submit credentials of 13 top managers after forgery dismissals Kampala Corruption and abuse of office Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Human Rights Watch report accuses Ugandan government of military-led crackdown on critics National International actions 5 Verified
Jul 2026 (day not reported) High Court rules IGG cannot summon advocates for information on their clients Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Attorney General responds in Parliament to opposition leader over arrest of Muwanga Kivumbi National Civic space and media freedom Single source
16 Jul 2026 Uganda discharges last Ebola patient at Mulago, starting 42-day countdown to Ebola-free status Kampala Humanitarian and crises Single source
16 Jul 2026 Justice Minister Mao says government will brief nation on missing NUP supporters after security briefing National Civic space and media freedom Single source
15 Jul 2026 Uganda Law Society asks High Court to allow live streaming of Besigye treason trial National Civic space and media freedom Single source
15 Jul 2026 Judiciary says 118 petitions filed against 2026 parliamentary and local government results National Election related Single source
15 Jul 2026 High Court stays extradition proceedings against former UPDF officer Michael Katungi Mpeirwe Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
15 Jul 2026 Erias Lukwago committed to High Court on misprision of treason charge; bail hearing fixed for 24 July Kampala Justice and court rulings Verified
Jul 2026 (day not reported) NRM endorses flag bearers for Village Women Council and LC1 elections National Election related Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Local Government Minister directs local governments to name all streets and roads by 30 August 2026 National Policy and legislation Single source
Jul 2026 (day not reported) Gen. Muhoozi raises US travel advisories with new US Chargé d'Affaires in Fort Portal National International relations Single source
15 Jul 2026 US State Department keeps Uganda at Level 4 'Do Not Travel' advisory National International actions Single source