Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday pledged fresh funding initiatives for different social and economic groups across Uganda, moments after being officially nominated as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate for the upcoming elections. Addressing thousands of jubilant supporters at Kololo Independence Grounds, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been nominated unopposed to contest for both the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party chairmanship and as the party’s presidential flagbearer in the 2026 general elections. He soon after explained in detail the two reasons why he is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi, has declared Agnes Kunihira Abwooli unopposed in the party primaries for the position of Female Workers Member of Parliament. Dr. Odoi made the declaration on Monday at the NRM Electoral Commission offices, confirming …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has submitted his expression of interest forms to run for president in next year’s general elections. Kyagulanyi arrived at the party headquarters in Makerere Kavule on Wednesday, accompanied by his wife, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Deputy Prime Minister and longtime legislator Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has been duly nominated to contest as the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for the Kamuli District Woman MP seat in the party’s internal elections. Kadaga, who was accompanied by hundreds of supporters and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been tightened in and around the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission headquarters in Kyadondo, Kampala, as the ruling party begins nominating candidates for parliamentary and local government positions ahead of its internal elections slated for July 16, 2025. Hundreds of supporters thronged …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has announced a special nomination exercise for three senior officials who will be out of the country on official state duties during the general nomination period. According to NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi, the general nomination …
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NRM attracts over 2,100 aspirants in Nomination Surge Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of aspirants who have picked up nomination forms to contest for positions within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has soared to 2,100 just five days into the exercise. According to figures released Tuesday …
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Amoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dick Denis Owani, the flag bearer for the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Party in Omoro District has failed to turn up for his nomination in Omoro Town Council. This comes amidst reports of his abduction along Bobi-Aboke road in Adyeda village in Bobi Sub-county, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party has asked Members of Parliament to express interest in the position of Speaker of Parliament. The party’s top organ, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) chaired by President Yoweri Museveni will on Wednesday discuss the names of candidates and …
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