Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has declared Nathan Nandala Mafabi as the party’s presidential flagbearer for the 2026 presidential general elections. Nathan Nandala Mafabi was declared the party’s presidential flagbearer by FDC Electoral Commission Chairperson Toterebuka Bamwenda at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) FDC Secretary General, has issued a stern warning to errant security personnel against interfering with the party’s upcoming primaries and the national elections. Speaking on Monday during a meeting with FDC delegates from the Bukedi sub-region …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has unveiled two female candidates to contest for the two constituencies in Moroto district in the 2026 general elections. The FDC party officials led by the party President Patrick Amuriat Oboi and the Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi were in Moroto on Saturday for the grassroots mobilization. In a meeting that attracted over 500 people across all the sub counties of Moroto district, saw a number of …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bugisu Cooperative Union has earmarked 5.1 billion Shillings to turn Musundi House building in Mbale into a 5-star hotel. The building, one of the oldest and tallest in the Central Business District will be renovated and changed from a commercial building to a state of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has approved the amendment of the National Medical Stores-NMS and National Drug Authority-NDA acts. This follows Parliament’s adoption of the Public Accounts Committee- PAC Central Government report on the findings of the Auditor-General on the Health Sector for the financial years 2016/2017 to 2019/2020. In …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Frederick Ngobi Gume, the Minister of State for Cooperatives has advised the Board of Bugisu Cooperative Union-BCU to take legal action against John Wamulugwa, the former BCU Board chairperson over his continuous malicious petitions against the union leadership. Speaking during the BCU Annual General Meeting …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Budadiri West Member of Parliament has distanced himself from the decision by the Bugisu Parliamentary caucus asking the Gender and Cultural Affairs Minister to gazette Jude Mike Mudoma as the new Bamasaba cultural leader. This comes almost a week after Ignatius …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has given a three-day ultimatum to the Judiciary to provide accountability for over 20.74 billion Shillings spent in the financial year 2018/2019. On Monday, the Permanent Secretary/Secretary to the Judiciary Pius Bigirimana and officials from the Judiciary appeared before PAC …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Public Accounts Committee-PAC of Parliament have tasked the Judiciary to set heavy sanctions for judicial officers who delay judgements and those that abandon duty. This was during a Monday meeting with officials from the Judiciary led by the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has extended the roll-out date for the much anticipated digital case tracking system. It is now set to begin in May, a two months’ delay from the initial dates. The Judiciary Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana today told Parliament that the nine billion Shillings …
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