[allAfrica] Bloggers and social media users with a large following are among those that will have to register with the Ugandan Communication Commission for monitoring before October 5, 2020, according to the organisation's public notice.

[Monitor] Police in Kitgum municipality in northern Uganda have detained a municipal councillor on allegations of printing and displaying the campaign poster of the elusive Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader Joseph Kony.

[Monitor] Police Monday dispersed a gathering of opposition supporters in Hoima town in western Uganda.

[Monitor] President Museveni has said detained state Minister for labour minister, Mr Mwesigwa Rukutuna will be prosecuted for offences he committed in the recently concluded NRM primaries, stressing that cheating in his party is no more.

[Monitor] President Museveni said Monday that government is in the process of procuring equipment for digital verification of the voters using their biometric-data in attempt to stop vote rigging in the coming elections.