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
Date not reported (reported 7 Apr 2026) High Court transfers suspended Accountant General Lawrence Semakula's interdiction challenge to Civil Division Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
2026 (month not reported) Head teacher of Bumageni Army Barracks Primary School in Mbale arrested and interdicted over illegal fees Mbale Corruption and abuse of office 1 Verified
7 Apr 2026 Government announces Cabinet visa waiver for visitors around AFCON 2027 National Policy and legislation Single source
7 Apr 2026 Agriculture ministry orders phase-out and restriction of several agricultural chemicals National Policy and legislation Single source
7 Apr 2026 AU envoy Jakaya Kikwete meets President Museveni at State Lodge Nakasero on South Sudan Kampala International relations Single source
6 Apr 2026 State Finance Minister Musasizi announces plan to equalise Arts and Science teachers' pay from July 2026 National Policy and legislation Single source
6 Apr 2026 Principal Judge says President Museveni directed fast-tracked community trial of Ggaba murder suspect Kampala Policy and legislation Verified
6 Apr 2026 Minister Barugahara says CDF Muhoozi wants Ggaba murder suspect tried by General Court Martial Kampala Policy and legislation Verified
Apr 2026 (day not reported) United States deports 20 African migrants to Uganda under safe third country agreement National International actions Verified
3 Apr 2026 State Minister for Higher Education orders closure of Ggaba daycare after killings Kampala Policy and legislation Verified
3 Apr 2026 NRM Parliamentary Caucus endorses Protection of Sovereignty Bill 2025 National Policy and legislation Single source
Date not reported (reported 3 Apr 2026) President Museveni renews UIA Director General Robert Mukiza's contract for a second five-year term National Policy and legislation Single source
2026 (month not reported) Kabale Deputy RDC orders journalist to retract PDM bribery story and bars him from covering RDC office Kabale Civic space and media freedom Disputed
2 Apr 2026 UCC orders telecom operators to block websites; 500 pornography sites reported blocked National Civic space and media freedom Official claim
2 Apr 2026 Five charged in Nakasongola over alleged fraudulent allocation of Kyalubanga forest land Nakasongola Corruption and abuse of office 5 Verified
2 Apr 2026 Four toddlers stabbed to death at Ggaba daycare centre, Makindye Division, Kampala Kampala Violence and conflict 411 Verified
2026 (month not reported) Traders in Mayuge chase senior assistant town clerk over trade order Mayuge Protest and civil unrest Verified
2026 (month not reported) Trade order enforcement in Kumi Municipality ends in running battles and is called off Kumi Protest and civil unrest Verified
2 Apr 2026 Uganda Law Society and East Africa Law Society go to court to block deportation flight from US to Uganda National International relations Single source
2 Apr 2026 Parliament suspends Works Ministry guidelines capping per-kilometre cost of district road maintenance National Policy and legislation Single source
2 Apr 2026 NRM's Julius Karuhanga petitions court against election of Charles Ngabirano as Rwampara East MP National Election related Verified
2 Apr 2026 Defence ministry and Parliament's defence committee agree on proposed pay rise for UPDF privates National Policy and legislation Verified
1 Apr 2026 Kabale LC5 Chairperson Nshangabasheija suspends Vice Chairperson Miria Tugume Kabale Policy and legislation Single source
1 Apr 2026 Uganda receives first eight third-country deportees from the US under Safe Third Country agreement National International relations Official claim
1 Apr 2026 Tonny Kitara petitions Gulu High Court to annul Norbert Mao's election as Laroo-Pece MP Gulu Election related Verified
1 Apr 2026 Parliament's Presidential Affairs Committee directs KCCA to enforce axle load controls on Kampala roads Kampala Policy and legislation Verified
1 Apr 2026 Gen Muhoozi names Col Deo Akiiki as Uganda's military attaché in Washington National International relations Verified
1 Apr 2026 Enforcement officers backed by army evict street vendors and raze stalls in Mukono Municipality Mukono Policy and legislation Verified
1 Apr 2026 Anti-Corruption Court jails Pallisa County MP Samuel Otukol and three others over Namisindwa funds National Justice and court rulings Single source
Apr 2026 (day not reported) Mawogola North runner-up Tumwebaze files petition challenging NRM MP-elect Sodo's victory Ssembabule Electoral malpractice Verified
2026 (month not reported) Kiboga court charges prison warder Anguyo with four murders, remands him and three relatives to Kitalya Kiboga Justice and court rulings Single source
1 Apr 2026 Parliament defers debate on sugarcane weighbridge regulation, asks Minister Bahati for statement National Policy and legislation Single source
1 Apr 2026 IGG launches 2026 online asset declaration exercise for public officers National Policy and legislation Verified
1 Apr 2026 Finance minister tables Excise Duty (Amendment) Bill 2026 raising levies on imported spirits and cement National Policy and legislation Single source
1 Apr 2026 DPP files fresh fake news charges against jailed lawyer Male Mabirizi at Buganda Road court Kampala Civic space and media freedom Single source
1 Apr 2026 Assessors advise Anti-Corruption Court to find ex-minister Agnes Nandutu guilty in Karamoja iron sheets case Kampala Justice and court rulings Verified
Mar 2026 (day not reported) UPDF detains Brig Gen Johnson Namanya and Maj Gen Don Nabasa National Policy and legislation Single source
Mar 2026 (day not reported) President Museveni orders review of Uganda's long-serving diplomats abroad National Policy and legislation Official claim
2026 (month not reported) NRM's Turyagyenda files petition in Kabale High Court to annul Kwizera's Bukimbiri County win Kisoro Election related Single source
30 Mar 2026 Students damage property at Roomier Seed Secondary School in Lori Sub-county, Yumbe Yumbe Protest and civil unrest Single source
30 Mar 2026 PFF's Ingrid Turinawe files petition against Henry Tumukunde's Rukungiri Municipality MP win Rukungiri Election related Single source
30 Mar 2026 Journalists barred from ICD plea bargain session for Jamilu Mukulu's co-accused in Kampala Kampala Civic space and media freedom Single source
30 Mar 2026 Enforcement officers assaulted as kiosk demolition clashes with mayor's group in Kumi Municipality Kumi Violence and conflict Disputed
Mar 2026 (day not reported) Security forces end two-month siege of Bobi Wine's home in Magere, Wakiso Wakiso Civic space and media freedom Single source
29 Mar 2026 Plain-clothes security operatives arrest journalist Arnold Anthony Mukose after radio talk show, Old Kampala Kampala Civic space and media freedom 1 Single source
Mar 2026 (day not reported) Prosecution closes its case in Joan Kagezi murder trial at International Crimes Division National Justice and court rulings Single source
28 Mar 2026 Prisons warder suspected in Kiboga prison shooting arrested in Aru, DR Congo National Violence and conflict 1 Disputed
28 Mar 2026 Parliament suspends nomination of Uganda's EALA candidates over legal questions on vacancies National Election related Verified
28 Mar 2026 Kabale Municipality postpones planned eviction of traders until after Easter Kabale Policy and legislation Single source
27 Mar 2026 Bobi Wine urges US lawmakers at Washington town hall to cut support to Ugandan government and impose sanctions National International relations Single source