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Rakai, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Rakai Electoral Commission District Registrar Sarah Nabukeera has confirmed that they only received nomination for one candidate seeking to contest as MP for Byamba County.  The National Resistance Movement – NRM flagbearer Gyaviira Ssemwanga was the only candidate was unopposed as nominations closed …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   As schools reopened after a seven month’s break due to COVID-19, teachers and  students have said they prefer using the face shields than the masks. On the first two days of school under the new normal, Simon Baker Ayella, a teacher at St. Martins …

Isingiro, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  As the Electoral Commission officially closed nomination of Members of Parliament on Friday, the National Resistance Movement – NRM failed to field a party flagbearer for Bukanga Constituency parliamentary seat in Isingiro district. The development comes after party authorities failed to declare a winner …

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, …