Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zaituni Yahaya Babikola, the National Unity Platform-NUP candidate for the Sembabule Woman parliamentary race has withdrawn from next year’s general elections. Babikola who is also the NUP Sembabule district coordinator communicated her withdraw from the race in a letter to the party secretary-general, David …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has dismissed female independent candidate Nancy Kalemba over failure to present proof of payment of 20M nomination fees. Kalembe, who presented her nomination papers to the Electoral Commission on Monday afternoon was asked to go and clear and return for nomination …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three minors from the same family in Mbale city have been found dead in their house. The minor’s lifeless bodies were retrieved from their house in Napoli lower village in Nauyo town council on Monday morning. One of the minors was rushed to Mbale regional …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ANT party president Mugisha Muntu has been dully cleared by the Electoral Commission to contest for presidency in the 2021 general elections. “Everything appears to be in order and…for that matter, I Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi being the returning officer, declares that Mugisha Muntu …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Heavy deployment along Gayaza road, Kasangati and Magere village which is home of the NUP leader Robert Kyagulanyi has caused concern among some residents. The deployment by military, police and plain clothes security personnel is noticeably heavy. Some residents are describing the plain-clothed security personnel …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has declined to nominate presidential aspirant John Katumba for failure to pay the required nomination fee of 20 million Shillings. According to the Presidential Elections Act, as amended in 2015, an aspirant can only be nominated after showing proof of payment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Henry Tumukunde has been dully cleared by the Electoral Commission to contest for presidency in the 2021 general elections. A slight anomaly had been found in Gen Tumukunde’s papers by the Electoral Commission chairman Justice Simon Byabakama and tasked him to take oath to rectify …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has issued a warning to his opponents who he says are working with outside forces to cause chaos in Uganda. Speaking moments after he was nominated as a presidential candidate for the 2021 general elections at Kyambogo University, Museveni said nobody …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business operators in busy Banda area along Jinja road have adhered to police directives not to operate during the presidential nomination period. Sunday evening and Monday morning, police visited different businesses in Banda along Jinja road and asked them not to operate for the two …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority (NDA) has closed 117 illegal drug outlets in Northern Uganda during an operation aimed at enforcing compliance with licensing requirements. NDA conducted the operations between Oct 19th and 30th to crackdown down on drug outlets operating in none compliance with their …
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