NEWS

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Jjuma Wasswa Ssekyanzi has emerged victorious as the flag bearer of the National Resistance Movement – NRM for the position of Division Mayor Kawempe. Wasswa got 8745 votes, while his opponents Ronald Lugandakulya and Johnson Sekandi got 3464 and 1495 respectively. Wasswa was declared winner …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The number of children accessing immunization services reduced by 20 percent during the months the country was under lockdown. And in spite of the fact that thousands upon thousands of teenage girls started getting pregnant when their schools closed down, ante-natal visits fell by 16 …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The NRM Presiding Officer at Suzzana Zone one, Nakulabye Parish has been arrested by police on the orders of the party chairman for Rubaga district Abdallah Kitatta. The Officer identified as Isaac Ahebwa was accused of masterminding chaos that led to violent scenes earlier in …

Bugiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Business grounded to a halt in Bugiri municipality during the National Resistance Movement-NRM party mayoral primaries on Monday afternoon because of running battles between police and rowdy voters.  Trouble started after the supporters of Ayub Kisubi and his rival, Zabura Mugara started accusing each other …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The dispute over the NRM party primary election in Buyinja zone in Mbuya I parish ended up at Kinawataka Police station after the presiding officer inflated votes to give a losing candidate a lead.  Although the elections for the directly elected LC 3 represented candidate …

Bugiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | For the last five days, Kampala woman aspirant MP Agnes Namaganda hasn’t set foot in her marital home in Nalumunye or seen her four children including a two-year-old baby after she fled the home following a brawl with her husband over her political activities. Namaganda …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Serere County MP Patrick Okabe says any plan to reopen schools this year in the middle of the election season is misguided and will lead to catastrophe. Hon. Okabe says the recent NRM primaries and campaigns which were characterized by large crowds including school …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos in Bulindo village during the Kira Municipality National Resistance Movement-NRM primaries on Monday afternoon when the registrar substituted the official voter’s register with an exercise book.   The supporters of Jackson Twinomugisha questioned why the registrar, Richard Mubiru had decided to put aside …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A boda-boda rider is nursing wounds at Kiruddu hospital after setting himself on fire at Kireka police station in Wakiso district following a failed attempt to recover his impounded motorcycle.  Police spokesperson Fred Enanga said that Emmanuel Kabanda tried to end his life by setting …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used teargas to disperse rowdy voters from four polling stations in Soroti East division during the NRM party primary elections. The affected polling stations are Kikandani, Acip, TesoIn and Moruapesur. The angry voters said to be supporters of John Robert Esaru, one of …