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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elia Oreste, the local council chairperson for Obiya West village in Bardege division in Gulu city has been sentenced to five years in prison for arson and malicious damage. Oreste was sentenced alongside Lucy Akello, Ruth Adong, Nancy Lanyero Abic, Jackson Orach, Alfred Nyeko, Jackson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Workers MP Dr. Sam Lyomoki today faced the wrath of Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga who directed the sergeant at arms to eject him from the sitting. The Speaker’s tough decision came after Lyomoki defied the Parliament Rules of Procedure when he took to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Close to 100 Electoral Commission-EC officials have undergone training on the use of electronic vote tallying display equipment ahead of the 2021 general elections. The training targeted Information Communication and Technology officers, returning officers and their assistants. The training follows the purchase of video walls …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five men have been sentenced to five years imprisonment for stealing cattle in Gulu. The five who were sentenced on Friday morning are Robert Byaruhanga aged 30 and a businessman at Labourline Parish, Laroo-Pece division in Gulu city, Samuel Kasasira aged 42 and a resident …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a 47 percent increase in the number of parliamentary candidates from 1,747 in 2016 to 2,659 in the 2021 elections. In the 2011 elections, 1,730 candidates ran for parliamentary seats. In the 2016 elections, a parliamentary seat attracted four candidates on average compared …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With less than a month left to the January polls, independent candidate John Katumba has amended his campaign schedule to enable him to return to big cities and towns for the final lap. Some of the cities and towns where the youngest candidate in the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justus Tugume, an independent candidate for the Kilak North parliamentary seat in Amuru district has expressed fear for his life after receiving a life-threatening letter at his home in Atiak sub county. The authors of the anonymous letter that was dumped at the candidate’s residence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A long list of unfulfilled campaign pledges and the brutal military-led operations against illegal fishing practices are bothering National Resistance Movement-NRM party campaign mobilizers in greater Masaka sub-region. The party mobilizers including NRM district and constituency chairpersons and candidates for different leadership positions from districts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyotera district Woman Member of Parliament, Robinah Ssentongo Nakasirye is dead. Nakasirye breathed her last at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi this morning. The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga announced the death of the legislator during plenary, saying she had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 233 special polling constables that were recently recruited to reinforce the police in securing the forthcoming 2021 general elections in Lamwo district have commenced training. These 202 males and 31 females will undergo a two weeks rigorous training at IGF Childcare Primary School …