Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY How Bobi Wine shocked Museveni: Why the knockout plan from the reds failed THE LAST WORD The price of shortsightedness: How Bobi Wine is turning his moment of triumph into a missed …
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How Bobi Wine is turning his moment of triumph into a missed opportunity for strategic leadership THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Bobi Wine is without any doubt a great guy. His greatness does not lie in his thinking but in his character. And that could be the …
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📌 FINAL PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS ✳ Museveni 5,851,037 (58.64) ✳ Kyagulanyi 3,475,298 (34.83%) ✳ Amuriat 323,536 (3.24%) ✳ Muntu 65,334 (0.65) ✳ Kabuleta 44,300 (0.44%) ✳ Mao 55,665 (0.56%) ✳ Tumukunde 50,141 (0.50%) ✳ Kalembe 37,469 (0.38%) ✳ Katumba 35,983 (0.36%) ✳ Mwesigye 24,673 (0.25%) ✳ Mayambala 14,657 (0.15%) Kampala, …
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Saving the 2021 economy: Key factors that might determine its performance and why government must act Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Ugandans went to the polls on Jan.14 to elect a new President and other political leaders amidst tight restrictions on preventing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the campaign …
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Why former EC boss Kiggundu warned new EC boss Byabakama COVER STORY | Ronald Musoke |To use or not to use mobile phone cameras at polling stations? That looks set to be one of the major points of confrontation when Ugandans vote in the general election on Jan.14. In his …
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📌 #Uganda 🇺🇬 #Election #UGdecides2021 5⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors PWDs 6⃣ ✳ Jan 12,2021 ➡ Councillors Youth 7⃣ ✳ Jan 14,2021 ➡ Elections of President and MPs Analysis | CHRISTOPHER KISEKKA, BAKER BATTE & BLANSHE MUSINGUZI – URN | Although the Buganda voting block is widely considered a prize of the …
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What the evacuation of his family from Uganda before elections reveals about Uganda’s musician turned politician Kyagulanyi THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | In 2018, I appeared on Frontline program of NBS television with Bobi Wine. In the heat of the debate he said that if there were chaos …
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Ugandans should go and vote in peace and decide your leaders because it is your constitutional right – Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today said that no one will destabilize Uganda after the January 14 elections. Speaking in Mityana district where he had gone …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days after newly re-appointed Special Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba deleted tweets considered by many Ugandans to promote tribalism, he is back on the twitter offensive against NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Muhoozi has this morning ‘fired three shots’ …
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New NUP App to monitor election results launched Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | National Unity Platform (NUPP party Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has warned of a growing state of insecurity in the country, that has recently included death of a former national boxing …
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