Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Declaration of results for the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidates ended in chaos in Mukono district after most of the candidates competing for the positions of directly elected councillors protested the final outcomes. The candidates stormed the tallying desk demanding that the district registrar Benon Ssekanyo …
Read More »COVID-19 SOP’s defied in Luweero NRM primaries
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the NRM primaries held today continued to defy the Standard Operating Procedures which were set by the Ministry of Health to Control the Spread of COVID-19. The Standard Procedures include maintaining a social distance of at least two metres between persons, using hand …
Read More »Heavy deployment at Bukedea tally centre
Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 60 police officers and soldiers from the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF have been deployed at Bukedea District Council Hall tally centre. URN reporter saw more than 35 Police officers deployed in the first batch and more than 25 soldiers including LDUs. Hajji …
Read More »Lubaga division NRM returning officer survives mob
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Had it not been the swift police intervention, Robert Kato, the National Resistance Movement [NRM] Returning Officer in Lubaga Division would be either nursing serious bodily injuries or long gone. Kato survived lynching by irate NRM supporters who accused him of involving himself in electoral fraud. …
Read More »Chaos in Naguru NRM primaries as losing camp refuses to be counted
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos in Naguru remand home 2 polling station in the LCV woman councilor NRM primaries after the losing camp refused to be counted. Although the election for other positions was held peacefully at the polling station located in Nakawa division on Friday, …
Read More »Late arrival of election officers, low turn-up mar NRM primaries in Luweero
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The late arrival of election officers and low turn up of voters have marred National Resistance Movement (NRM) Primaries in Luweero town . The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is today electing party flag bearers for the position of LC5 Chairperson, District Councillors and City Mayors …
Read More »NRM party primaries postponed in Soroti city
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The NRM Electoral Commission of Soroti has postponed the Soroti City Mayoral and Council party elections that should have taken place this Friday. The District Registrar, Musa Oroma says as the ruling party NRM, is holding its primary elections for contenders vying for the party’s …
Read More »Kawempe South NRM LCV voters turn to door to door campaigns
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the Kawempe National Resistance Movement (NRM) LCV primary elections have taken on last minute door-to-door canvassing campaigns to persuade voters and sway the election outcomes on voting day today. Tyson Mutangana, a supporter of Juliet Mugisha, contesting for LCV woman councilor for Makerere …
Read More »NRM primaries survivor demands sh100m for bullet in the stomach
Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Charles Otiang 21, one of the survivors who were shot during the NRM primary party elections in Kapujan, Katakwi district has demanded that that NRM government compensate him. Otiang, a resident of Apule village, was shot in the stomach by security personnel on Friday during …
Read More »Butemba county aspirants jointly challenge NRM primary results
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five contestants in the just concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries in Butemba Constituency, Kyankwanzi district are demanding for the nullification of results from the exercise. The contestants who include area MP Innocent Pentagon Kamusiime, former MP Samuel Ssemugaba, Peter Babu Kabango, Patrick …
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