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
13 Nov 2025 EC nullifies NUP candidate Mercy Abedican's nomination, declares Minister Phiona Nyamutoro unopposed in Nebbi Nebbi Election related Single source
13 Nov 2025 Nakawa court denies bail to NUP deputy spokesperson Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
13 Nov 2025 Man uses gun issued to UPDF soldier to kill wife and himself, injuring two, in Agago Agago Violence and conflict 224 Official claim
Nov 2025 (day not reported) Released Kenyan activists say they were held 38 days at SFC base in Kasenyi with over 150 detainees Wakiso Civic space and media freedom Disputed
13 Nov 2025 NUP supporters and backers of independent Woman MP candidate fight at campaign rally in Buwama, Mpigi Mpigi Violence and conflict Verified
2025 (month not reported) Police block Kyagulanyi's convoy in Mbarara and arrest supporters and journalists Mbarara Civic space and media freedom Disputed
2025 (month not reported) Museveni campaigns in Bududa, pledges to tarmac Bubulo–Namisindwa–Bududa road Bududa Election related Single source
2025 (month not reported) FDC candidate Nandala-Mafabi campaigns in Soroti city Soroti Election related Single source
2025 (month not reported) ANT condemns dispersal of Kyagulanyi rallies in Lira, Kiruhira and Mbarara National Civic space and media freedom Single source
12 Nov 2025 High Court Land Division clears Bujenje MP Patrick Kasumba in Martin Road property dispute Kampala Justice and court rulings Verified
12 Nov 2025 Supporters of independent candidate attacked with pangas at Gasiza, Kisoro Kisoro Violence and conflict 3 Verified
11 Nov 2025 Mbarara magistrate remands 43 NUP supporters arrested during Kyagulanyi campaign Mbarara Justice and court rulings Verified
11 Nov 2025 Gulu deputy RCC says unknown people are recruiting youths for electoral violence Gulu Election related Official claim
10 Nov 2025 UNEB finds no record of Samia Bugwe South candidate Bwire Robert Ngwabe's academic papers, Busia Busia Electoral malpractice Verified
10 Nov 2025 President Museveni holds NRM campaign rally in Mbale, ending his Bugisu tour Mbale Election related Single source
10 Nov 2025 Government Chief Whip Denis Obua launches re-election campaign for Ajuri County MP in Alebtong Alebtong Election related Single source
Nov 2025 (day not reported) Museveni says at Mbale State Lodge that security arrested two Kenyans working with Kyagulanyi's group Mbale Civic space and media freedom Disputed
Nov 2025 (day not reported) Museveni holds NRM presidential campaign rally in Namisindwa Namisindwa Election related Single source
2025 (month not reported) Kisoro NRM leadership bars independents from party symbols; meeting ends in dispute Kisoro Election related Verified
10 Nov 2025 Museveni presides over swearing-in of new IGG, DPP and Principal Judge at Mbale State Lodge Mbale Policy and legislation Single source
10 Nov 2025 Campaigns open for 2,703 parliamentary candidates; eight NRM candidates unopposed National Election related Verified
9 Nov 2025 Police in Iganga arrest two men accused of posing as UPDF officers to extort a parliamentary aspirant Iganga Electoral malpractice 2 Verified
9 Nov 2025 Museveni presides over swearing-in of new Principal Judge, DPP, IGG and deputy IGGs at Mbale State Lodge Mbale Policy and legislation Verified
2025 (month not reported) Groups destroy trees, vandalise coffee mill and evict caretakers on disputed land in Kasanje, Wakiso Wakiso Violence and conflict Disputed
8 Nov 2025 ANT condemns police and security disruption of NUP campaign events in Lira, Kiruhura and Mbarara National Election related Single source
7 Nov 2025 Bushenyi Woman MP candidate Vianah Kemigisha Kashaya attacked by panga-wielding men at her home in Mbarara Mbarara City Violence and conflict 1 Single source
7 Nov 2025 Museveni confirms on radio that security forces held two Kenyan activists, accuses them of working with Kyagulanyi National Civic space and media freedom Disputed
Nov 2025 (day not reported) Court of Appeal orders government to pay $8.71m debt to Iraqi Fund for External Development National Justice and court rulings Single source
7 Nov 2025 Security forces arrest 85 people accompanying Kyagulanyi to Bwizibwera rally on Mbarara–Ibanda road Mbarara Civic space and media freedom 85 Disputed
7 Nov 2025 Businessman remanded over alleged forged presidential letter on MV Kalangala ferry contract Kampala Corruption and abuse of office Single source
7 Nov 2025 Police arrest NUP supporters on Kyagulanyi's route to Bwizibwera, Mbarara Mbarara Violence and conflict 43 Verified
6 Nov 2025 Security officers restrain and detain daughter of treason accused Lutale in High Court, Kampala Kampala Civic space and media freedom 1 Single source
6 Nov 2025 ICC confirms 39 war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against LRA leader Joseph Kony National International actions Single source
6 Nov 2025 High Court judge declines to refer Besigye treason case to Constitutional Court, Kampala Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
6 Nov 2025 Candidate Ivan Bwowe petitions EC to nullify seven rivals' nominations for 'Nakawa West' Kampala Election related Disputed
6 Nov 2025 Four Kampala traders charged over tax protest and remanded to Luzira Kampala Civic space and media freedom Single source
5 Nov 2025 Journalist attacked in Kiruhura, police attribute attack to NUP supporters Kiruhura Civic space and media freedom Single source
5 Nov 2025 NUP and NRM supporters clash in Sanga and Rushere, Kiruhura, during Kyagulanyi's campaign visit Kiruhura Violence and conflict Single source
5 Nov 2025 Kyagulanyi unable to hold scheduled campaign rallies in Kiruhura after convoy blocked Kiruhura Election related Single source
2025 (month not reported) Wife of missing NUP supporter John Bosco Kibalama found dead at home in Kasangati; police investigating Wakiso Civic space and media freedom 1 Verified
Nov 2025 (day not reported) EC tribunal declares Ofwono Opondo unopposed as Older Persons MP (Eastern) after DP rival concedes National Election related Single source
5 Nov 2025 Qatar's first resident ambassador-designate presents credentials copies at Foreign Affairs ministry in Kampala Kampala International relations Single source
5 Nov 2025 Police fire tear gas and arrest at least 13 as Kampala traders protest taxes for second day Kampala Protest and civil unrest 14 Disputed
5 Nov 2025 Court of Appeal upholds order for Imperial Royale Hotel to refund Shs 5.4bn CHOGM 2007 funds to government Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
5 Nov 2025 Tear gas and arrests on second day of Kampala traders' strike Kampala Protest and civil unrest 13 Verified
5 Nov 2025 Kabale headteacher charged with denying UPE pupil access to PLE paper over Shs70,000 coaching fee Kabale Corruption and abuse of office 1 Single source
4 Nov 2025 Police arrest two UNEB-deployed teachers in Kisoro over leaked PLE papers Kisoro Corruption and abuse of office 2 Single source
Nov 2025 (day not reported) Security forces kill alleged mastermind of 1 November Rwenzori attacks at shrine in Kakuka Parish, Bundibugyo Bundibugyo Violence and conflict 1 Official claim
4 Nov 2025 UPDF announces recruitment of 600 Local Defence Personnel in six Rwenzori districts National Policy and legislation Single source
4 Nov 2025 Police fire live bullets to disperse protest over planned pork eatery as Muslims and Christians clash in Yumbe Yumbe Violence and conflict Single source