Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the Kawempe National Resistance Movement (NRM) LCV primary elections have taken on last minute door-to-door canvassing campaigns to persuade voters and sway the election outcomes on voting day today. Tyson Mutangana, a supporter of Juliet Mugisha, contesting for LCV woman councilor for Makerere …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is no sign of polling in Kampala Central today as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party votes for flag bearers for Kampala Lord Mayor seat and LC5 Councillors. In Kampala, the contest for Lord Mayor party ticket has attracted musician Daniel Kazibwe also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Polling officers from Naguru 2 in Nakawa division have protested the decision to cut their pay to only 10,000 shillings for the day from 20,000. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is today electing party flag bearers for the position of City Mayors, Kampala Lord Mayor, …
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Butaleja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of the former Butaleja District Woman MP Florence Nebanda Andiru on Thursday protested against the victory of Agatha Hamba in the National Resistance Movement- NRM party primaries. Hamba polled 35,230 votes against Andiru’s 34,254 votes. However, Andiru and her supporters have since disagreed with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A shift in government priorities, occasioned by an outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, affected funding to political parties and organizations, according to the Ministry of Finance. The funding enshrined in the Political Parties and Organizations (Amendment) Act, is contributed annually by the government towards the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is set to spend 8.07 billion Shillings in the next 18 months on different activities aimed at improving the governance of extractive industries in the country. The development follows the country’s admission to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative – EITI, a global partnership for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A human rights lawyer Ivan Bwowe has petitioned High Court challenging the recent notice issued by Uganda Communications commission –UCC requiring all persons providing online data communication to regularize their operations before use. On September 7 2020, UCC wrote that the online content providers such …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of sub-county NRM chairpersons in Mbale city are demanding for the release of the disputed Mbale City Woman MP results. Security chiefs in Mbale last week referred the disputed results to the NRM party Electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala for investigations. …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Christian University is to deliver examination papers to churches for students staying in hard to reach areas without internet access. Since the government declared the lockdown following the outbreak of Covid-19, this is the second time UCU is attempting to give out examinations to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In an ironic legal twist of the hunter becoming the hunted, Lt Gen Henry Is trying to drag CID Director Grace Akullo to the dock for using the Attorney General’s services for her personal defence and to be grilled in court over an affidavit she …
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