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Mityana municipality DP candidate abandons Mao, campaigns for Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party-DP’s Abraham Luzzi who is contesting for Mityana municipality MP seat is campaigning for NRM’s candidate Yoweri Museveni despite the presence of his party’s president general Norbert Mao in the presidential race. Uganda will on Thursday 14th January this week hold general elections with …

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Amuriat defies police, campaigns in Mityana trading centers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat on Sunday defied directives by police in Mityana not to campaign at stopovers along the road. The police under the command of DPC Martin Okoyo were leading Amuriat to Mityana town for a campaign rally when …

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Police foils Zaake campaign launch

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Mityana yesterday foiled a campaign launch planned by Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake.  Zaake had planned to launch his campaigns and manifesto at Naama village in Busimbi Sub County. Police led by the Mityana District Police Commander Martin Okoyo restricted the launch …

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Mayiga wants Mityana DPC punished for teargassing clan leaders

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga has partially accepted the apology by the Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola for the police raid on a thanksgiving function organised by the head of Mbogo clan in Mityana district over the weekend. While meeting a …

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28 arrested in Mityana for encroaching on wetlands during lockdown

Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-eight people in Mityana district are in trouble for encroaching on wetlands during the Covid-19 lockdown. Yasiin Bbira, the Mityana district natural resources officer says some of the encroachers have already appeared in court while others are in the process of being arraigned. According …

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Nabakooba says Mityana win was a vote of confidence

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Information Minister Judith Nabakooba won the NRM party primaries in Mityana district. Nabakooba got 35,500 votes to beat her sole challenger Deborah Kyazike Kinobe who got 5,557 votes, a landslide she said is an indicator that her role in parliament has been appreciated. She added …

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UPDF senior officers probe Mityana district chairman assault

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chief of Defense Forces Gen David Muhoozi has sent a team of senior army officers to Mityana district to investigate circumstances under which the LC V chairman of that area was assaulted. Two UPDF soldiers identified as Lance corporal Anguria Simon and Private …

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Bishop Kaziimba cautions against defiance, bids farewell to Mityana

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Archbishop-elect of the Anglican Church of Uganda Dr Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu has called for an end to defiance and ego-centrism. He says that instead, faithful and clergy should focus on development and evangelisation. Bishop Kaziimba, who has been at the helm of Mityana Diocese …

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