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
4 Nov 2025 Opposition leader Ssenyonyi alleges four Parliamentary Commissioners received second 'service award'; Parliament denies National Corruption and abuse of office Disputed
4 Nov 2025 Kakwenza and Kiggala petition Constitutional Court to nullify Gen Moses Ali's Adjumani West candidacy Adjumani Election related Verified
3 Nov 2025 Traders protest over taxes and rent in downtown Kampala Kampala Protest and civil unrest Single source
2025 (month not reported) Landslides kill eight and leave 14 missing in Chesower Sub-county, Bukwo District Bukwo Environmental issues 8 Verified
3 Nov 2025 Three arrested in Lira City over alleged attempt to bribe UNEB scout ahead of PLE Lira Corruption and abuse of office 3 Official claim
3 Nov 2025 Kampala traders' associations sue NEMA, KCCA and Hamis Kiggundu over Nakivubo channel construction Kampala Environmental issues Verified
3 Nov 2025 Electoral Commission sets 2026 polling dates and reviews first month of campaigns with candidates' agents and police National Election related Single source
2 Nov 2025 Company petitions State House Anti-Corruption Unit over alleged Wakiso police inaction on land invasion; Unit confirms p Wakiso Corruption and abuse of office Verified
2025 (month not reported) Three arrested in Lira over alleged attempt to bribe UNEB scout for early access to PLE papers in Oyam Lira Corruption and abuse of office 3 Official claim
2 Nov 2025 Ministry of Works diverts heavy traffic after rain-triggered road collapse on Karuma–Kamdini highway National Environmental issues Single source
1 Nov 2025 Senior Three student arrested by security in attack probe; school says whereabouts unknown National Violence and conflict Verified
1 Nov 2025 Coordinated armed attacks on police, army and school sites in the Rwenzori sub-region (Kasese, Bundibugyo, Fort Portal), National Violence and conflict 32760 Disputed
1 Nov 2025 Landslide buries house, killing four family members in Kapchorwa Municipality Kapchorwa Environmental issues 4 Verified
1 Nov 2025 Kitgum comedian 'Lady Sonia' dies months after alleged beating by police officer Kitgum Violence and conflict 1 Single source
1 Nov 2025 UPDF and police kill four suspected attackers at Canon Apollo Core PTC, Fort Portal City Fort Portal City Violence and conflict Disputed
1 Nov 2025 Security forces kill nine suspected attackers in Kasese after attacks on police barracks and Rugendabara Kasese Violence and conflict Verified
1 Nov 2025 Armed assailants attack army detachments in Sindira sub-county, Bundibugyo; soldier and woman killed Bundibugyo Violence and conflict Disputed
31 Oct 2025 High Court declines NUP bid to block its exclusion from statutory party funding Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
30 Oct 2025 Parliament approves US$121.96m African Development Fund loan for power export line to South Sudan National Policy and legislation Single source
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Parliament approves about Shs10.5 trillion in new loans before adjourning sine die National Policy and legislation Single source
30 Oct 2025 Mudslide buries home in Bukwo, killing three children of one family Bukwo Environmental issues 3 Single source
30 Oct 2025 Ministries miss Education Committee meeting on teacher salary disparities; committee summons them National Policy and legislation Single source
30 Oct 2025 Kawempe court declines bail application of NUP's Eddie Mutwe and Achileo Kivumbi, citing lack of jurisdiction Kampala Justice and court rulings Single source
30 Oct 2025 Electoral Commission unveils new biometric voter verification kits for 2026 elections National Election related Single source
29 Oct 2025 Uganda–UAE Business Forum ends at Speke Resort Munyonyo with investment agreements Kampala International relations Verified
29 Oct 2025 Mudslide in Kween district kills six people Kween Environmental issues 6 Single source
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Moneylenders Association of Uganda sues government over UMRA's 2.8% monthly interest rate cap National Policy and legislation Single source
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Energy Ministry and Head of Public Service say Uganda's first oil will flow in 2026, after Albertine site visit National Policy and legislation Official claim
29 Oct 2025 Parliament's Appointments Committee vets DPP nominee Lino Anguzu and two Education Service Commission nominees Kampala Policy and legislation Single source
29 Oct 2025 Energy Minister Nankabirwa hands mining licence to artisanal miners' association in Abim on behalf of Euro Gold Refinery Abim Policy and legislation Single source
28 Oct 2025 Law firm petitions Electoral Commission over Kitagwenda County candidate Robert Mugabe's academic papers Kitagwenda Election related Single source
28 Oct 2025 Police arrest Kampala school director accused of issuing fake 2020 PLE results to pupils Kampala Corruption and abuse of office 1 Single source
28 Oct 2025 Police arrest 10 NUP supporters over alleged attack on CID vehicle on Lira–Alebtong highway Lira Violence and conflict Single source
28 Oct 2025 Parliament approves seven of eight government loan requests totalling Shs8.2 trillion, defers one National Policy and legislation Single source
28 Oct 2025 Justice Minister Mao tables draft IPOD regulations linking party funding to participation in Parliament National Policy and legislation Verified
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Over 100 NUP parliamentary flagbearers fail to register with Electoral Commission for 2026 elections National Election related Single source
2025 (month not reported) NUP Bukedea Woman MP aspirant Florence Asio misses nomination; NUP says she was abducted, she says she withdrew Bukedea Electoral malpractice Disputed
28 Oct 2025 President Museveni appoints Lino Anguzu as Director of Public Prosecutions National Policy and legislation Single source
28 Oct 2025 Police raid hotel of NUP's Kyagulanyi in Lira City, arresting 15 campaign team members Lira Civic space and media freedom Verified
28 Oct 2025 NTV Uganda journalists denied entry to Parliament and accreditation withdrawn, Kampala Kampala Civic space and media freedom Single source
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Police operation against Robert Kyagulanyi's campaign team in Lira, 28 October 2025 National Civic space and media freedom 15 Disputed
Oct 2025 (day not reported) National Peasants Party unveils over 30 parliamentary candidates in Kampala Kampala Election related Single source
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Independent Asiimwe Mugisha refuses to withdraw from Kibale East race in favour of Minister Tumwebaze Kamwenge Election related Single source
27 Oct 2025 Police report 86 arrests and seven injured over panga attacks in Nsangi, Kyengera and Mukono National Violence and conflict 786 Official claim
27 Oct 2025 Mukono court remands Mukono South MP aspirant Mubarak Sekikubo over alleged Shs38m job extortion Mukono Corruption and abuse of office Single source
27 Oct 2025 Mawogola North candidate Jet Tumwebaze asks EC for rival Sodo Kaguta's academic documents Ssembabule Election related Single source
27 Oct 2025 Anti-Corruption Court convicts former Lands Ministry official Francis Ateng over sale of Uganda Railways land National Justice and court rulings Single source
27 Oct 2025 Electoral Commission receives first 60,000 biometric voter verification kits Wakiso Election related Verified
26 Oct 2025 Russia donates defence equipment valued at $53 million to the UPDF at ceremony officiated by President Museveni National International relations Verified
Oct 2025 (day not reported) Electoral Commission nominates 19 parliamentary candidates in Kisoro, nine of them independents Kisoro Election related Verified