The Banyarwanda community in Uganda has elected a new leadership committee, marking a pivotal moment in their decades-long struggle for equal recognition as Ugandan citizens. Led by newly appointed ...

With the difficulties, many of them are opting to identify as other tribal groupings, which could lead to extinction of the group. When John Ndagize’s Ugandan passport expired, he went to the ...

Members of the Banyarwanda community in the Greater Masaka region have appealed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to reconsider the issue of ministerial representation following Parliament's ...

What began as a routine government formation process after President Yoweri Museveni’s swearing-in for a new term on May 12 has thrust Uganda’s long-running citizenship debate into the national ...

Democratic Party (DP) deputy president general Fred Mukasa Mbidde has urged the Government to enact a special law to guard against what he terms as discrimination against Banyarwanda living in Uganda.

Initially, the Banyarwanda were Banyarwanda. But now we hear people describing themselves as “Ugandans of Rwandan origin”. Where did this come from? I am second generation Ugandan; only my grandfather ...

Kenneth (not real name) got a scholarship to study in Germany, a life changing opportunity that would transform his entire family. He carried his National ID and went to apply for a passport but when ...

Masaka - Banyarwanda herdsmen in Uganda’s central District of Masaka are living in a state of fear after five of their members were hacked with machetes in clashes officials say are over land. A ...

Who can’t be a minister? That has been the question under sharp discussion in Uganda after Parliament rejected the appointment of a Ugandan who formerly held Rwandan citizenship. For decades, Ugandans ...

The Rwanda-Uganda relations are good, according to Ambassador Richard Kabonero. In an interview he recently gave The Independent, a Kampala based bi-weekly news magazine, Kabonero reiterated what he ...