Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh trouble is brewing in the National Unity Platform, Uganda’s youngest political party following a decision by founding member Moses Kibalama, to claim full party ownership. Kibalama’s faction has opened a parallel office in Kabowa city suburbs in Rubaga division. The group has warned the …
Read More »High Court delays judgment in NUP formation case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has deferred to next week, a judgment for the case in which two founding members of the National Unity Reconciliation and Development Party are challenging changes that led to its take over by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu. The …
Read More »Kyagulanyi asks court to reject Kibalama’s evidence in NUP formation case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party leader Robert Kyagulanyi has asked the High Court to reject additional evidence by the former leaders of National Unity Reconciliation and Development party -NURP, Moses Kibalama and Paul Simbwa. The case stems from a suit filed by two founding …
Read More »‘Electoral commission was duped to approve NUP formation’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has been told that the Electoral Commission was duped to approve minutes and resolutions indicating that a delegates conference had been conducted and Robert Kyagulanyi elected as the new leader of National Unity Platform (NUP). Paul Simbwa, the former secretary-general of National Unity, Reconciliation …
Read More »UDPF spokesperson confirms security is holding NUP’s Kibalama
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) has admitted that sister security agencies are holding former President of the National Unity Platform-NUP, Moses Nkonge Kibalama. Speaking to reporters today at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Brig. Flavia Byekwaso, the spokesperson of the UPDF said …
Read More »2021 elections: Bobi Wine unveils political party
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has announced that his People Power movement has morphed into a political party, the National Unity Party. Speaking at his People Power secretariat in Kamwokya on Wednesday morning, Kyagulanyi said for the last two years they have been in negotiations with …
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