Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musician Daniel Kazibwe, also known as Ragga Dee has narrowly won the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Kampala Mayoral Flag for Nakawa Division. Kazibwe (3,804 votes) defeated his closest rival Ssebana Kizito (3,170 votes ) according to partial results read out by the NRM electoral team …
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Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 police officers and soldiers from the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF have been deployed at Bukedea District Council Hall tally centre. URN reporter saw more than 35 Police officers deployed in the first batch and more than 25 soldiers including LDUs. Hajji …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Had it not been the swift police intervention, Robert Kato, the National Resistance Movement [NRM] Returning Officer in Lubaga Division would be either nursing serious bodily injuries or long gone. Kato survived lynching by irate NRM supporters who accused him of involving himself in electoral fraud. …
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Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The incumbent Nakasongola LCV Chairperson Sam Kigula and former Luweero District Inspector of Schools Uthman Jjuuko Kamoga are leading in National Resistance Movement Party primaries in Greater Luweero districts. According to provisional results for LCV Chairperson NRM flag bearer for Luweero district obtained by URN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Saturday, the King of Tooro, Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukiidi IV will celebrate 25 years on the throne. Oyo ascended to the throne on September 12th, 1995 at the age of three years following the death of his father King Patrick Matthew Kaboyo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Bank has approved a grant of USD 130.8 million (484 billion Shillings), to ease the movement of goods and people in refugee-hosting districts in the West Nile sub-region of Uganda. The funds got from the International Development Agency, IDA will also help and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has made more transfers and appointments affecting 71 officers barely one week after he shuffled over 70 gazetted officers. Deputy police spokesperson Polly Namaye described the changes as normal and they affect several departments in the force …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal Aid Providers Network-LASPNET is lining up a team of lawyers to prosecute perpetrators of election violence in the upcoming election. LAPSNET’s executive director Sylvia Namubiru Mukasa reveals that their organization will take legal action against all security officers, candidates and their agents who …
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Kalungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The distribution of bicycles to National Resistance Movement-NRM village chairpersons has stirred controversy in Kalungu district among party members. Late last month, the NRM secretariat procured a total of 68,733 bicycles that are being distributed to party village chairpersons across the country to support them …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing retired General Henry Tumukunde in the case where he is challenging the summons to appear before the Criminal Investigations Department of Police have this afternoon clashed with trial Judge Musa Ssekaana who declined to summon the CID director AIGP Grace Akullo. The proceedings …
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