Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba has criticized Media Council of Uganda for ordering the registration of practicing journalists to secure the permission of covering 2021 elections and other public functions. Early this month, the chairperson of the Media Council of Uganda, Paulo Ekochu revealed that …
Read More »Police squeezed my private parts – Katumba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba says police squeezed his private parts yesterday and that is the reason why he was seen sitting down in the road, gasping in pain after a scuffle between his police guards and Fort Portal police officers. Katumba now says he …
Read More »We are like prisoners in our country – Katumba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba has said that Ugandans are now like prisoners in their country due to bad leadership of the incumbent government. Katumba who was campaigning in Kabale district in mini rallies in Kigongi, Kabale taxi park, Garage street, Kisoro taxi park and …
Read More »Gov’t hiring crime preventers to rig elections-John Katumba
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government is hiring people disguised as crime preventers to help rig the January 14, 2021 polls, according to independent presidential candidate, John Katumba. He, however, cautioned the group against any involvement in electoral malpractices, saying it is not only subversive but self-defeating. Addressing voters …
Read More »Katumba challenges gov’t officials to resign and earn Ugx 25,000 SAGE fund
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba has decried the Shillings 25,000 monthly gratuity disbursed by the government to senior citizens saying it is too little to sustain an individual for a month. Government pays out Shillings 25,000 to the elderly citizens from 65 years of age …
Read More »Katumba promises to end youth unemployment
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate John Katumba has promised to end unemployment among the youth across the country if voted in as the next president. Katumba who campaigned in Soroti City on Friday said that unemployment in Uganda is caused by nepotism, greed and dominance of foreign nationals …
Read More »John Katumba to return to big towns in final campaign lap
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With less than a month left to the January polls, independent candidate John Katumba has amended his campaign schedule to enable him to return to big cities and towns for the final lap. Some of the cities and towns where the youngest candidate in the …
Read More »Karamoja minerals must be processed in Karamoja – Katumba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The independent presidential hopeful John Katumba has promised to create thousands of jobs for the youth in Karamoja if he’s elected as President of Uganda in the coming general elections. He said his government will ensure that no single raw materials of minerals will ever …
Read More »Katumba defends his taking selfies with women
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate John Katumba has called on the media to stop depicting him as a man on a hunt for women other than votes. Speaking to the media at the Electoral Commission where he had gone to meet with the chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi …
Read More »Presidential candidates decry police deployments during campaigns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Presidential candidates, currently on the campaign trail ahead of the 2021 general election has decried the unpredictable police deployments, in several parts of the country. They say that a number of their activities have been blocked, and sometimes they are barred from …
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