President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the controversial Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, which grants military courts the power to try civilians. In May this year, Members of ...

President Museveni’s swift assent to UPDF law triggers outcry, legal threats. President Museveni yesterday signed into law ...

Over the past couple of months, governments in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya have enacted a steep rise of oppressive practices ...

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law an amendment that will allow civilians to be tried in military courts.  The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025 was ...

President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, a controversial piece of ...

NRM MPs passed the Bill seeking to return civilians to be tried in the army courts, but failed to clear up fuzzy clauses on what defines exceptional circumstances for their trial and what should be ...

Its withdrawal was intended to make adjustments to address critical flaws in Uganda’s military justice system—flaws exposed ...

President Yoweri Museveni has once again commended Members of Parliament for passing the UPDF Amendment Bill of 2025, particularly the provisions allowing for the prosecution of civilians ...

Parliament announced on its official X (formerly Twitter) account that the President had signed the bill into law. The post ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has expressed optimism that the passing of the UPDF Bill 2025 will help pacify the Teso region by addressing the issue of intruders and veterans ...

President Museveni has enacted the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) Amendment Bill 2025, expanding military courts' authority to try civilians under specified circumstances.