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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has taken advantage of the ongoing National Resistance Movement party primary elections to solicit for the signatures required to be nominated in the 2021 general elections. Museveni was in March this year endorsed by the NRM Central Executive Committee-the topmost policy-making …

Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM party registrar for Mukuju sub county in Tororo district has been knocked dead. According to police, after conducting the elections, Sinambiyo Oketcho left the polling station at Okworoto A, Okworoto parish on a motorcycle. He was followed by the …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of registered National Resistance Movement-NRM party members in Kitgum district have missed participating in today’s primary elections. In polling stations within and outside the municipality, a number of those who were supposed to vote after verifying their names earlier missed the exercise while others …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Fort Portal has arrested Hussein Ibrahim Akright, one of the contestants in the NRM party primaries for the Fort Portal city parliamentary seat. Akright was arrested from Lorry Park polling station in Central Division on Friday shortly after casting his …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amidst complaints about discrepancies in the coronavirus (COVID-19) results offered at different accredited laboratories, the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) that supervises accredited labs in the country now requires any person that tests positive but with a low viral load to do a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s private sector continues to recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) as business conditions improved in August after a near standstill of activities during the series of lockdowns between March and the end of May. The latest headline, Stanbic Purchase Managers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | NRM party primaries in Kabawo zone, Lubaga South have been suspended. Dickson Ainomugusha, the NRM elections supervisor said he could not proceed with the exercise that had turned chaotic. By the time Ainomugusha suspended the voting, one of the contestants, Ritah Kulabako Mugalu, had started …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The appointment of a new National Resistance Movement-NRM party registrar for Mukono district on polling day has caused confusion among voters. Benon Ssekanyo was appointed on Friday replacing Gerald Mukisa who allegedly resigned on Thursday. This left many party members including candidates questioning the district …

Rubanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deus Bonane, the Hamurara village LCI chairperson in Bubaare sub-county, Rubanda East county, Rubanda district has been arrested for alleged voter bribery. Bonane was arrested at Hamurara polling station while distributing 5,000 shillings and surgical masks to supporters of the incumbent Henry Ariganyira Musasizi. …

   Retirement benefits sector marks improved efficiency, reduced operational costs Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The retirements benefits sector is set to get a boost of close to 400,000 new members once the proposed Public Service Pension Scheme starts operating. The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) is optimistic the …