Update – Biden: 238 – Trump: 213 Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump has called for voting to stop, ironically hours after it ended and counting in the US elections is underway. The race is so far too close to call, with Biden holding a narrow lead …
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Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | President Donald Trump has warned that election meddling is going on in the US elections. In a tweet, he said, “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast …
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Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Democrat Joe Biden is expected to deliver a statement at 12:30 a.m. ET (0530GMT). Biden: “We can know the results as early as tomorrow morning … [but] it’s not my place or Donald Trump’s place to declare who won this election. That’s the decision …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntungamo Chief Magistrate’s court has issued criminal summons against the Labour State Minister, Mwesigwa Rukutana follow failure to appear for his trial for attempted murder, assault, malicious damage and threatening violence. The minister, who was expected to appear before Ntungamo Chief Magistrate, Sara Mponye Kolya …
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Dubai, UAE | Xinhua | The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Tuesday received COVID-19 vaccine. Sheikh Mohammed said on Twitter that “while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine today, we wish everyone safety and great health, and …
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Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Record numbers have cast votes early in the US election – already breaking total turnout figures of the 2016 presidential election Voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election is reportedly massive, but it has not come close to the record set in 1876, when 81.8 …
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A third world country like Uganda cannot afford to close its main gateway to the seaport for two days in the name of nomination function COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Uganda held nominations for the presidential elections on Monday and Tuesday. The nominations took place at Kyambogo along Jinja highway. …
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Covid19 checks replacing security roles COMMENT | Samson Tinka | I have noticed laxity in the security function, especially with security officers deployed to manage access control of different infrastructures. The Ugandan police and private guards manning specific entrances and exits now focus only on ensuring COVID-10 SOPs are …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | (NUP) Presidential aspirant Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has been dully nominated to contest in Uganda’s 2021 elections, with a promise to end injustice and corruption. He was however soon after dragged from his official vehicle, and driven away by the police at Kyambogo. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has assured the country of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s ability to secure the country’s future, outlining key interventions planned if re-elected to govern the country in next year’s polls. The NRM are the first party to launch their manifesto …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
