NEWS

  Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party (DP) leaders in Mubende district were on Tuesday left disappointed after the party’s Presidential Candidate Norbert Mao cancelled his campaign tour. Mao was expected to hold three campaign rallies in Mubende Municipality, Kasambya and Kiyonza Sub Counties. Several DP supporters had …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Correspondents Association of Uganda – FCAU, an umbrella body of foreign and Ugandan journalists working for the international media has petitioned the government over the continuous threats and attacks on journalists by security agencies ahead of 2021 general elections. In a petition …

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana yesterday foiled a campaign launch planned by Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake.  Zaake had planned to launch his campaigns and manifesto at Naama village in Busimbi Sub County. Police led by the Mityana District Police Commander Martin Okoyo restricted the launch …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | John Katumba, the youngest presidential candidate says he has not withdrawn from the race, as indicated by social media posts and blogs. Information that started circulating last evening through WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter alleged that the candidate has been offered a lucrative job …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several supporters of National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu are nursing injuries from running battles with the police on Tuesday. Heavily armed police personnel spent a better part of Tuesday battling the supporters who were lined up along the streets of Busia …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Occupants of the offices created under the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA Amendment Act 2020 haven’t been paid for the nine months they have been in office. They include KCCA Speakers, their Deputies, and executive committee members both at the Authority and the five Divisions of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Dr Stella Nyanzi, the former Makerere University academic researcher and Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Kampala Woman parliamentary candidate, says it is disheartening to see how Ugandans have been reduced to beggars.        Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on the sidelines of her campaigns …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has rallied the people of Acholi to support his candidature with promises of protecting their land once elected into office.  Amuriat successful conducted his campaigns in Lokung and Padibe town councils in Lamwo district on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Buganda Kingdom has resolved to set up a committee to examine the merits of re-establishing cooperative unions in the central region. The Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga says that their objective is to start cooperative unions in the Kingdom but since they already have existing …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Police’s Flying Squad has rearrested a suspected car robber who escaped from police custody. John Wandera was picked on Monday from one of the suburbs of Kampala after he was tracked and trailed by Flying Squad operatives under the commander of Senior Superintendent of …