Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja Chief Magistrate’s court has dismissed an application demanding for a vote recount in the Jinja City Mayoral seat. The application was filed by Robert Kanusu, the former National Resistance Movement-NRM flag bearer who was defeated by National Unity Platform’s-NUP, Peter Kasolo. Kasolo won …
Read More »Peter Kasolo defeats Dr Frank Nabwiso in Jinja city
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Peter Kasolo, a candidate for the National Unity Platform has been declared winner of the Jinja City Mayoral Race. He polled 11,899 votes, to defeat Frank Nabwiso of the Forum for Democratic Change -FDC who scored 10, 398 votes and Robert Kanusu of the National …
Read More »Can Kanusu humble his political mentor, Nabwiso in Jinja city mayoral race
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are high stakes in the Jinja City mayoral race as once close political allies the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidate, Frank Nabwiso and former Uganda People’s Congress-UPC diehard and now National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate, Robert Kanusu face off. Although the race has attracted over …
Read More »Presidential candidate Nancy Kalembe aims to stop land grabbing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe aims to stop land grabbing, to improve Uganda’s economy. According to Kalembe, due to land grabbing in Uganda, people cannot produce goods and contribute to the economy, have collateral to business or merge with others who have the human and …
Read More »Jinja residents anxious about new city status
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in the outskirts of Jinja city are anxious about the operations of the new City, which, according to them, could have effects on land ownership. Jinja City became operational on July 1. But some of the residents in the villages of Budondo, Mafubira and …
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