| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Soldiers accused of assaulting smoked fish traders and seizing goods and money during Soroti enforcement |
Soroti |
Violence and conflict |
| | |
Verified |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Police in Mitooma arrest three school administrators over unregistered UCE candidate |
Mitooma |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | 3 |
Disputed |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Police arrest eight Kigezi High School students after strike during UCE exams in Kabale |
Kabale |
Protest and civil unrest |
| | 8 |
Single source |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Police arrest Hoima Deputy RDC Christopher Aine over alleged assault and damage to a resident's phone |
Hoima |
Violence and conflict |
| | 1 |
Verified |
| 2026 (month not reported) |
IGG report to President finds 182 Parliament staff recruited without jobs being advertised |
National |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
UBOS says ICT ministry's National Data Strategy is illegal and encroaches on its statutory mandate |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
Smoked fish traders march to Soroti City Council over alleged assault and confiscation by soldiers |
Soroti |
Protest and civil unrest |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
Kampala City Hall Court issues criminal summons against Deputy Mufti Muhammad Haruna Bukenya in alleged gold scam case |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
High Court dismisses Nalubowa petition, upholds Nameere as Masaka City Woman MP after recount |
Masaka |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
High Court dismisses Mabirizi appeal seeking criminal summonses against CDF Muhoozi and 17 others over PLU launch |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 21 Oct 2026 |
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa refers journalist over edited video of his remarks to UCC, demands public apology |
Kampala |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Single source |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Nambooze election petition hearing disrupted after relatives find missing witnesses in car linked to petitioner |
National |
Electoral malpractice |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
UCC meets over 4,000 unlicensed internet resellers and orders them to register |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Rukungiri RDC announces interdiction of three district staff; CAO says no one was interdicted |
Rukungiri |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Disputed |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Police in Alebtong hold three headteachers over alleged inflation of pupil enrolment figures |
Alebtong |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | 3 |
Verified |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Parliament's Physical Infrastructure Committee concludes probe into ITMS digital number plates contract |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
NDA arrests herbal medicine vendor at Rubanda market |
Rubanda |
Policy and legislation |
| | 1 |
Official claim |
| Date not reported (reported 20 Oct 2026) |
High Court orders Roko Construction to pay Assa Abloy $1.39m for Mulago Hospital doors; case against Attorney General di |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Single source |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Coffee farmers in Buyende protest alleged extortion by regional coffee quality officer |
Buyende |
Protest and civil unrest |
| | |
Disputed |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Besigye's defence questions file dates of recordings during treason trial at High Court in Kampala |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Works ministry and Traffic Police agree free driver badges and hidden cameras against checkpoint extortion |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Ministry of ICT launches five-year National Data Strategy |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Lands Ministry lifts suspension on special certificates of title and issues new verification guidelines |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
High Court dismisses petition against election of five Workers' MPs over improper service and standing |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
High Court defers judgment in Bwowe's petition against Ssenyonyi's Nakawa Division West election to 30 October |
National |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 20 Oct 2026 |
Government allocates Shs62b to relocate over 13,000 Bugisu landslide-risk households, starting in Namisindwa |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Ministry of Local Government orders interdiction of 27 Ntungamo district and municipal officials |
Ntungamo |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Parliamentary Commission begins staff headcount and credential vetting at Parliament |
Kampala |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
National Drug Authority announces nationwide crackdown on illegal herbal medicine advertising and sales |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Kaweesi murder trial resumes at International Crimes Division with forensic evidence |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Police and Uganda Railways Corporation demolish structures on railway reserve in Kyengera, Wakiso |
Wakiso |
Humanitarian and crises |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Man sentenced to 18 months for forging letters attributed to President Museveni and Office of the Prime Minister |
National |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Justice Minister Norbert Mao announces copyright regulations to be published in November and rolled out in December |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 19 Oct 2026 |
Detained former Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago taken to hospital as bail hearing stalls |
National |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Verified |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Uganda admitted to regional anti-drug trafficking mechanism at Pretoria ministerial meeting |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| 17 Oct 2026 |
Kisoro businessman and his wife shot dead by unidentified assailants at their home gate |
Kisoro |
Violence and conflict |
2 | | |
Verified |
| 17 Oct 2026 |
Gen Muhoozi announces nationwide 'Operation Kisasi' against criminals |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Kabale district directs artisanal iron ore miners to sell only to licensed operators, warns of truck impoundment |
Kabale |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Kabale RDC orders iron ore crushers to adopt wet-crushing to curb dust pollution after residents' complaints |
Kabale |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
High Court orders Roko Construction to pay Assa Abloy $1.39m over Mulago Hospital doors |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Headless body of former Rwandan soldier Robert Kabera found in Luwala Village, Mpigi |
Mpigi |
Violence and conflict |
1 | | |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
High Court in Arua dismisses petition and upholds Nelson Uhuru's election as Maracha County MP |
Arua |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
NEMA demolishes apartment structures in Lumpewo Wetland, Makindye-Ssabagabo |
Wakiso |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Ministry of Local Government directs interdiction of six Hoima City officials pending investigations |
Hoima City |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Government gazettes Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as Omukama of Tooro despite succession dispute |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| Oct 2026 (day not reported) |
Anti-Corruption Court remands three KCCA land officials and a land dealer over Munyonyo land title fraud |
Kampala |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | 4 |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Mubende High Court halts Kassanda South vote recount over ballot box serial numbers |
Mubende |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Disputed |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Makindye court grants bail to businessman Tejas Patel in human trafficking case |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
Lira City schools inspector and businessman charged in Kampala over Shs4m false-pretences fraud |
Kampala |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Oct 2026 |
KCCA officials say they will not vacate Buyala landfill during visit by parliamentary committee |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |