| 18 Mar 2026 |
Attorney General directs prosecutors and police to halt cases under nullified Computer Misuse provisions |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 18 Mar 2026 |
COSASE questions KCCA over unauthorised Owino Market demolition and vendor evictions |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 18 Mar 2026 |
Bobi Wine meets US Senate and House foreign affairs committee members in Washington, seeks sanctions |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Parliament passes Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2025, retaining Clause 9 |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Floodwaters wash away Gatwe Bridge in Bunagana Town Council, Kisoro |
Kisoro |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Floods wash away at least three houses in Sooko Parish, Muramba Sub-county, Kisoro |
Kisoro |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Floods sweep through homes and gardens in Nango Village, Maziba Ward, Kisoro |
Kisoro |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Flooding cuts off Jinja Highway at Kyambogo after heavy rain |
Kampala |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| 17 Mar 2026 |
Anti-Corruption Court sums up iron sheets case against ex-minister Agnes Nandutu, sets assessors' opinion date |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Uganda Law Society files East African Court of Justice case against suspension of ten NGOs |
National |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| Date not reported (reported 17 Mar 2026) |
US Embassy says 43 Ugandans arrested for using forged documents in US visa applications |
National |
International relations |
| | 43 |
Official claim |
| 2026 (month not reported) |
UPDF soldiers replace police in Nsowe Central Forest Reserve, Gomba, amid herder-planter clashes |
Gomba |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Disputed |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
NDA operation arrests Kassanda health worker over government ARVs found at Bukuya private clinic |
Kassanda |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | 1 |
Official claim |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
High Court in Kampala awards Shs10 million to man held by police beyond 48 hours before charge |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Disputed |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Allied Health Professionals' Council closes at least 27 health facilities in Wakiso crackdown |
Wakiso |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 17 Mar 2026 |
Makindye General Court Martial charges five civilians over killing of Mukono police O/C ASP Emmanuel Bagenda |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 17 Mar 2026 |
Gulu magistrate grants bail to court intern charged under Computer Misuse Act |
Gulu |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 17 Mar 2026 |
Constitutional Court nullifies Sections 26 and 28 of the Computer Misuse Act |
National |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Uganda Law Society petitions Kasangati court over security siege at Kyagulanyi home |
Wakiso |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Uganda Law Society and East African Law Society challenge January 2026 presidential election at EACJ |
National |
Election related |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi leaves Uganda, citing fear for his life |
National |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Mbarara City authorities remove street vendors from city centre |
Mbarara |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Igara Growers Tea Factory workers begin sit-down strike over four months of unpaid salaries |
Bushenyi |
Protest and civil unrest |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
OPM announces Shs57b for resettling Elgon landslide-affected households and update on Kiteezi compensation |
National |
Humanitarian and crises |
| | |
Official claim |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
High Court dismisses Entebbe Mayor Fabrice Rulinda's case against Stanbic Bank over frozen funds |
National |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Fort Portal City authorities begin evicting street vendors from pavements and walkways |
Fort Portal City |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Buganda Road Court defers judgment for 12 EACOP student activists, who are returned to Luzira |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
Ministry of Works and Transport begins nationwide consultations before relaunch of Electronic Penalty System |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 16 Mar 2026 |
IGG gives 202 public officials until March 31 to refund money owed to government or face prosecution |
National |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | |
Verified |
| 15 Mar 2026 |
Armed men attack Kabula County MP Enos Asiimwe at hotel in Lyantonde Town; seven arrested |
Lyantonde |
Violence and conflict |
| 1 | 7 |
Official claim |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
NFA team intercepts suspected extortion gang posing as officials in Bombo–Kalule area, one shot and arrested |
Luweero |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| 1 | 1 |
Official claim |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Electoral Commission begins paying allowances to temporary election staff after delays |
National |
Election related |
| | |
Verified |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
EACOP lenders' environmental consultant visits Petroleum Authority of Uganda to review safeguards compliance |
National |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| 14 Mar 2026 |
Retired US Gen. Michael Flynn meets CDF Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba at Special Forces Command headquarters |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| 14 Mar 2026 |
Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi holds meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington after leaving Uganda |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Traders in Ndeeba threaten strike over delayed Kampala flood compensation |
Kampala |
Protest and civil unrest |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Floods hit Kampala arcades again, destroying traders' goods |
Kampala |
Environmental issues |
| | |
Single source |
| 14 Mar 2026 |
PM Nabbanja says ISO will verify Kampala traders eligible for flood compensation |
Kampala |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Disputed |
| 14 Mar 2026 |
NUP leader Kyagulanyi announces he has temporarily left Uganda after nearly two months in hiding |
National |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Verified |
| 13 Mar 2026 |
Uganda and Tanzania sign Joint Permanent Commission outcome setting 30 June deadline to remove trade barriers |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Verified |
| 13 Mar 2026 |
Uganda Law Society files EACJ case against government over indefinite suspension of NGOs |
National |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Single source |
| 13 Mar 2026 |
Parliament withdraws bill proposing election of the Leader of the Opposition |
National |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Single source |
| 13 Mar 2026 |
Four PDM SACCO leaders arrested and SACCO committees dissolved in Kabale over alleged misuse of funds |
Kabale |
Corruption and abuse of office |
| | 4 |
Single source |
| 12 Mar 2026 |
Commissioner Land Registration recalls titles overlapping Uganda Investment Authority land |
Kampala |
Policy and legislation |
| | |
Verified |
| 12 Mar 2026 |
Police officer shoots dead boda boda rider suspected of motorcycle theft in Nyakinama, Kisoro |
Kisoro |
Violence and conflict |
1 | | |
Official claim |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Security operatives reportedly raid home of Kyagulanyi's assistant Sherif Najja and detain his wife |
National |
Civic space and media freedom |
| | |
Verified |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Museveni meets South Sudan ministers on sidelines of EAC summit in Arusha |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Museveni appointed East African Community Chairperson at 25th EAC summit in Arusha |
National |
International relations |
| | |
Single source |
| Mar 2026 (day not reported) |
Mbarara Woman MP Rwebyambu petitions High Court over academic qualifications of MP-elect Muhimbura |
Mbarara |
Election related |
| | |
Single source |
| 12 Mar 2026 |
High Court orders prosecution to serve witness-protection application in Besigye treason case |
Kampala |
Justice and court rulings |
| | |
Verified |