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NRM didn’t cheat Kayunga by-election: Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said the NRM party candidate in the Kayunga LC5 by-election, Andrew Muwonge won genuinely. In his end of year address at his country home in Rwakitura on Friday, Museveni said NRM operatives could not have stolen the by-election from the opposition …

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UEGCL to light 60 villages in Kayunga district.

Nearly 60 villages in Kayunga district are set to be connected to the national electricity grid to boost the socio-economic status of the population, according to Eng. Harrison Mutikanaga, the managing director at the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mutikanga, who was accompanied by …

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Heavy security deployment in Kayunga in anticipation of protests

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police and army have been deployed in Kayunga district in anticipation of protests from supporters of National Unity Platform-NUP. On Friday morning, the Kayunga returning officer Jennifer Kyobutungi declared Andrew Muwonge as the winner of the district LC5 by-election with 31,830 votes while his …

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EC declares Muwonge new Kayunga LC-5 chairperson

🔴 KAYUNGA LC5 RESULTS ➡ Andrew Muwonge (NRM) 31,830 ➡ Harriet Nakwedde (NUP) 31,308 ➡ Majid Nyanzi (Independent) 1,287 ➡ Boniface Musisi (Independent) 470 ➡ Jamilu Kamoga (Independent) 279 ➡ Anthony Waddimba (DP) 158 Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Uganda Electoral Commission has today declared NRM’s …

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Tension in Kayunga as EC prepares to declare final results

  Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is set to declare final results from the Kayunga District Chairperson by-elections, 16 hours after the polls ended. EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama has arrived at the tallying centre where the two leading candidates Harriet Nakwedde for the National Unity …

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KAYUNGA: Voting halted at three polling stations over ballot stuffing

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting in at least three polling stations has this morning been halted after residents protested the exercise over ballot stuffing. The exercise is halted at polling stations of Kyato-Mwoloola and Nakyesanja in Kayonza sub county, and also Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county. At Nakyesanja and Kyato, …

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KAYUNGA: Three NUP MPs, coordinators arrested on election eve

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three National Unity Platform-NUP legislators together with several other people deployed to protect the votes of Harriet Nakwede, the NUP candidate for the Kayunga LC 5 chairperson by-election are in police custody. They are Aloysius Mukasa, the Lubaga South MP, Charles Tebandeke, Bbaale County MP and …

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Museveni defends gov’t on delayed fulfilment of pledges in Kayunga

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday evening defended his government over the delayed fulfilment of various development projects in Kayunga district. He also pointed out the good deeds like MP Aidah Nantaba securing and defending citizens land rights, government works on the Kayunga Kamuli bridge. Museveni …

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Magere residents, MPs condemn confinement of Kyagulanyi

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the home of former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi have protested the heavy deployment of security personnel in the area. Kyagulanyi was on Tuesday blocked from leaving his home in Magere, Wakiso district to go to Kayunga district to campaign for …

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KAYUNGA: Police impound NUP candidate’s sound truck

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have declined to release a sound truck belonging to the National Unity Platform-NUP candidate Harriet Nakwede, for the Kayunga LC V chairperson by-elections. Police and the army intercepted the sound truck at around 8pm on Monday evening as the NUP team was returning from …

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