Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has said it doesn’t want political parties and opposition candidates to have parallel election results tally centers. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday as he flagged off electoral materials to districts, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the Electoral Commission chairman said that under the …
Read More »Over 1 trillion shillings spent on electoral activities
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has in total allocated 1.073 trillion Shillings to various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the implementation of election related activities in the run up to the January 2021, general election. This is according to the pre-election economic and fiscal update released by …
Read More »Businessman sues estranged wife for marrying off daughter
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasim Okodan, a businessman in Bukedea has sued his former wife for marrying off their daughter without his consent. Okodan, 62, a resident of Tank cell in Kide ward wants his estranged wife Frances Apedo to unveil the man or group of people whom he …
Read More »UPDF retain guns, ammunition captured from South Sudan bandits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has turned down a request by the South Sudan government officials to hand over guns and ammunition captured from suspected South Sudan bandits. During a bilateral security meeting held at Orom sub-county headquarters in Kitgum district on Tuesday, the South Sudan …
Read More »10,000 families face forceful eviction in Hoima
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 families in six villages in Kigorobya sub county in Hoima district are on the verge of being evicted forcefully from their ancestral land. The affected families are from Kigomba, Kyamucumba, Kalyambuzi, Kyataruga, Kamugembe 1 and Kyamugembe 2 villages. The residents are feuding …
Read More »Police to deploy two SPCs at polling stations in hotspots
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police leadership has resolved to deploy two Special Police Constables –SPCs at all polling stations in areas regarded as hotspots. Police have recruited and trained 50,000 SPCs who will be deployed to guide voters at 34,344 polling stations. Fred Enanga, the police spokesperson said …
Read More »Plight of children with nodding syndrome dominates campaigns in Omoro
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentary candidates in Omoro district have focused their campaigns on addressing the plights of children with nodding syndrome in the area. Many cases of nodding disease have been reported in Odek sub county. According to records, there are more than 200 children affected by the …
Read More »Inzu Ya Masaba factions clash over Umukuka’s funeral arrangement
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The two factions of Inzu Ya Masaba have issued contradictory statement about the burial arrangements of the late Umukuka Bob Saul Kipiro Mushikor. Mushikor succumbed to diabetes at his residence on Union Road in Mbale City on Monday afternoon. His body is lying in the …
Read More »Curfew will not affect credibility of vote – NRM MPs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Members of Parliament from the National Resistance Movement has dismissed concerns from the opposition who claim that the night-time curfew will jeopardize the credibility of next week’s elections. Ugandans will be heading to the polls on the 14th of January to …
Read More »Organizers of Museveni’s zoom meetings in Masaka survive beating over allowances
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two separate zoom conference meetings for National Resistance Movement-NRM mobilizers in greater Masaka sub region ended in chaos on Tuesday evening after participants started fighting for transport allowance. The meeting that involved different categories of people including the business community; leaders of Boda boda group …
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