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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three presidential candidates have agreed on a joint vote protection team. They are Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate, Forum for Democratic Change candidate-FDC Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Alliance for National Transformation-ANT candidate, Gregg Mugisha Muntu. The three opposition presidential candidates announced …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda police has said National Unit Platform – NUP presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is planning to kidnap himself purposely to cause chaos. Commissioner of Police Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson said they have received intelligence that Kyagulanyi intends to go into …

Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | The European Union has described Uganda’s electoral process as already “highly tarnished” by the excessive use of force by law enforcement and security agencies. Uganda will be going to the polls for parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 January. The EU high representative Josep Borrell says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A number of social media sites have been blocked ahead of the general election on Thursday, January, 14. Ugandans will go to the polls to elect president and Members of Parliament. Many Ugandans are now unable to access Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp or even connect to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform –NUP presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine and his Forum for Democratic Change –FDC counterpart, Patrick Oboi Amuriat top the list of electoral related crimes over the last two months, according to records from the Criminal Investigations Directorate- CID. …

  Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT |  A senior Born Again leader has urged the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) not to shy from using force to ensure the elections are peaceful. Speaking to journalists during the Regional Stakeholder’s Dialogue on 2021 General Elections for Buganda Region held at Pope Paul …

Kabalore, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Ruwenzori Diocese Reuben Kisembo has noted that security agencies in the country made the electoral process unfair.  In his statement dated January 11 ahead of the elections, Bishop Kisembo argues that whereas candidates of the ruling party, National Resistance Movement – NRM, …

Lwengo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Richard Ssebamala, the Democratic Party-DP candidate for the Bukoto Central parliamentary seat is on the spot on allegations of tampering with his Voter Location Slip. Some of the voters accuse Ssebamala of tampering with details on the Voter Location Slip issued by the Electoral Commission’s …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Women Situation Room- WSR has rallied Ugandans to embrace peace as the country prepares for polls on Thursday.  The WSR, which was established in Liberia in 2011 by Angie Brooks International (ABIC), is women-led early warning and rapid response mechanism to curb violence before, …

Rukiga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Kabafunzaki, the former Labor, Employment and Industrial Relations State Minister has threatened to withdraw his ambulances as well as stop giving condolence money to families if he loses the election slated for Thursday this week.  Kabafunzaki, who represents Rukiga County in Parliament, runs two …