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Arua, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   A total of 24 candidates vying for seats in the 11th Parliament have been nominated for three positions of Ayivu East, West, Central Division and City Woman in Arua City.  Nine of them are Independent, while four are from the ruling NRM party, three …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Local leaders and businesspeople have today pledged to market Entebbe as an airport city, by identifying opportunities and helping out small businesses to thrive as the municipality prepares to become a city in 2022. This was one of the  key messages that emerged at …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   As the electoral commission closes nominations for Parliamentary aspirants, all 20 candidates who had picked forms for different constituencies in Lira City has been duly nominated. They are those seeking to represent the people of Lira City East, Lira City West and women representative …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission – EC has nominated 28 aspirants for Gulu City Parliamentary elections in 2021 general elections. Twelve of them will contest as independents; three under the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party; three under Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), three under the …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Researchers at the National Forestry Resources Research Institute-NaFRRI under the National Agricultural Research Organization-NARO have improved the micro garden system to support farming in urban areas. The researchers have now designed a vertical garden made out of wood, forming a rectangle with a number …

Jinja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Jinja East Member of Parliament, Paul Mwiru says that he is not bothered by people criticizing him of defecting to the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party.  In July, Mwiru formerly a member of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party and Gerald Karuhanga, the …

Rubanda , Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Benjamin Mbabazi, the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party chairperson for Rubanda East County in Rubanda district has been nominated as the Forum Democratic Change (FDC) parliament candidate for the area. Mbabazi was nominated on Friday at 04:10PM by Rubanda District Electoral Commission Chairman, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   11 candidates have been nominated to contest for the Kyadondo East parliamentary seat to replace Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine.  Kyagulanyi has been MP for the area since 2017 after winning by a landslide by-election in 2017.  He has declared his intentions to …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   By the close of the official nomination on Friday, the National Resistance Movement-NRM had failed to sponsor a party flagbearer for Mawogola North Constituency parliamentary seat in Sembabule district. This  follows the failure by the party authorities to break the stalemate on the official …

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Campaign posters of the Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi have been defaced as the battle for Bukoto Central Constituency MP Seat heats up.  Before his nomination on Friday, at Kyannamukaaka sub-county headquarters in Masaka district, Ssekandi’s and his campaign team found several of his …