Ring-fencing for incumbents kicks off storm among party cadres Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Ambrose Nampwera is a disgruntled aspirant of the East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA). He was hoping to contest on the ticket of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) when the party announced that it …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party has commenced consultations for the Soroti East by-elections ahead of the official campaign period slated for next week. According to the roadmap issued by the Electoral Commission early last month, the nomination of candidates will be conducted on July …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The election of flag bearers for the National Resistance Movement-NRM in the village women council elections in Bundibugyo and Kasese districts registered a low turnup. In some of the areas visited by URN, there was a noticeable low turn up with some of the party …
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Establish an integrated rural development bank instead for an appropriate rural transformation and self-sustaining economy | MOSES HATEGEKA | Your Excellency, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa, your NRM-led government needs to be urgently and appropriately freed from the excessive borrowing and uneconomical spending on public service delivery cycle that it …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three-23 aspirants have petitioned the High Court to restrain the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party from implementing its decision to ring-fence six positions of members of parliament for the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA. The applicants are part of more than 100 people who had expressed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has welcomed a decision by NRM aspirants to step down from contesting for the party flag in the upcoming by-elections in Busongora South and Gogonyo County. The candidates that accepted to step down include Mulindwa David, Barozi Frank Asiimwe, and Bwambale David …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-three members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have written to the party Secretary-General and the party Electoral Commission chairperson contesting their elimination from the primaries of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) race. The complainants are Nuwabiine Jossy, Maganda Julius, Nuwagaba Herbert, Dr. …
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Researcher insists transition must be discussed seriously COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Who will succeed President Yoweri Museveni, and under what circumstances? Given President Museveni’s advanced aged—he turned 78 this year—his transition from power is no longer a purely theoretical debate. The issue looms over Ugandan politics. However, …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party has decided to drop Jimmy Ekemu and identify another candidate for the Soroti East Constituency by-elections. Ekemu hoisted the NRM flag in the 2021 polls and came fourth in the race that attracted six candidates. When the Court of Appeal …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Muslims in Uganda should obey NRM government if they want to access key positions in public service, according to Kayunga Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Al-Hajji Nsereko Mutumba. Speaking at a congratulatory party of Hajjat Ahmed Saba, who has been appointed director for human resource …
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