NEWS

Rushenyi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Naome Kabasharira, the aspirant who won and later lost the Rushenyi constituency NRM parliamentary primary election has accused the Electoral Commission chairman, Dr Tanga Odoi of siding with her opponent to rig her victory.  Speaking today at the party EC offices located at Plot 13 …

❎ Sodo 17,735 votes ❎ Musherure 16,155 votes ❎ Kiseka 4,415 votes Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Aine Kaguta aka Sodo has tentatively been declared winner of the belated NRM primaries for the Mawogola North constituency. Unofficial results indicate that Sodo garnered 17,735 votes representing 46.30% while Shartsi Musherure garnered …

Bushenyi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Bushenyi female youth NRM primaries have been suspended for the second time. The elections were first suspended on September 21 after the youth turned chaotic accusing each other of forgery. A section of the youth were protesting the candidature of the incumbent female youth …

Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party has lost the youth committee elections in Kabale District.  On Wednesday the electoral commission conducted elections for the municipality, city and division youth committees.  The National Resistance Movement- NRM party won all the nine positions that Youth Committee …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A crowd of close to 500 people has been blocked from accessing Mukono nomination centre. According to Mukono District Registrar Mark Muganzi Mayanja, the move is intended to decongest the centre and abide by the Ministry of Health guidelines for controlling the spread of coronavirus …

Sembabule, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement-NRM party recorded a very poor turn up in the election of its candidate for the Sembabule Woman MP race. It is said that many of the voters abandoned polling stations before voting.  The primary was organised alongside the residual elections in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Kampala Woman member of Parliament Nabillah Naggayi Ssempala has vowed to unseat incumbent Kampala Lord mayor Erias Lukwago. Naggayi who is seeking to become the first female Kampala Lord mayor was this afternoon nominated at the Kampala district electoral commission offices in Ntinda amidst …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Several Wetlands in Hoima City are under threat from the unregulated disposal of plastic waste.  The waste in the city is left uncollected and ends up in drainage channels and wetlands. In some places, the plastic waste is left to decompose on its own. The …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Political parties have asked Parliament to compel the government to pay 10 billion Shillings support for political activities as many of them are currently struggling to operate. The funding, currently at 10 billion Shillings distributed to the Political parties under the Inter-Party Organization for Dialogue …

Buliisa, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The fate of more than 3,500 people affected by floods in Buliisa District is uncertain when schools resume in two weeks.  The victims were displaced in March as a result of the rising water levels of Lake Albert.  Some of the affected people are from …