The news of the passing of His Majesty, Omukama Oyo Nyimba Rukidi IV, has been received with shock and extreme sadness.
I received the news from Omuhikirwa of Tooro, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire last evening, and I immediately informed His Majesty Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, who was saddened by the demise of the young monarch (34 years).
The Kabaka urges the people of Tooro to stand together during this period of grief. The Kingdom of Buganda stands with the people of Tooro, and all Ugandans, during this sad moment.
May the Lord receive King Oyo's soul. CPM
Look beyond the scripted smiles at State House Entebbe. The real signal was in Thomas Tayebwa’s posture.
Look again at the slight bow, the careful deference, the sudden transformation into an obedient son before Jacob Oboth-Oboth.
This isn’t mere etiquette. It’s the physical manifestation of centrifugal forces tearing through NRM’s parliamentary leadership.
When a formerly powerful figure recalibrates his entire bearing to signal submission, you’re watching a silent power realignment in real time.
The deeper mismatch is structural: NRM operates as a patronage system where formal titles matter less than proximity to the center of gravity.
Public unity is theater (a necessary performance for the Head of State) while behind the scenes, factional currents redistribute influence, loyalty, and fear.
Tayebwa’s body language reveals the human cost: the psychic bruising of men who must visibly demote themselves to stay relevant.
This is classic dominant-party dynamics. The same pattern repeats across systems where one movement has held power long enough for internal competition to become more dangerous than external opposition.
Ambition doesn’t disappear. It goes underground and expresses itself through micro-signals of hierarchy: who stands where, who bows how deeply, who smiles with their eyes while their shoulders remain tense.
The uncomfortable truth is that they can all afford this performance precisely because the system rewards those who master the art of strategic submission.
Open rebellion gets you expelled. Visible loyalty buys time. The wounds are real, but they remain invisible to the cameras.
Uganda’s political class has perfected the art of smiling through realignment. But physics doesn’t lie, when enough bodies start orbiting a new center, the old configuration becomes unsustainable.
Is this public performance a sign of genuine party stability, or are we watching the managed tension of a system reaching its structural limits?
What do you see when you look at these pictures? Is this unity or managed tension? Reply with your read.
I condemn in the strongest terms the violent attack on the home of Barbara Itungo, the brutal assault on her, her staff, and the continued persecution of the family of @HEBobiwine.
A violent, militarised election can never reflect the will of the people. Kidnaps, abductions, killings, leaders forced into hiding—and nearly 10 days on, the internet still deliberately crippled.
This is state terror, not democracy. This is not the peaceful country we fought to have.
Culture is an interesting thing!
I can think of a few of my relatives who would jam to do this and insist that you go find another woman!
📷 Courtesy of @EnanR_
Here is @RobertKayanja in Zimbabwe. If you give $100-$1000 you break poverty at a @Benny_Hinn rally in Zimbabwe!
Is this in the Bible or just good marketing?
NRM flag bearer for the Makindye-Ssabagabo MP race, Philip Minduni, arrived and departed his nomination venue by helicopter. He says the move was to help him observe the poor road infrastructure in the area, which he pledges to fix if elected. #NTVNews#UgandaDecides2026