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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s primaries for LC5 chairpersons and mayors are still underway across Uganda with a mix of low voter turnout, chaotic incidents, heavy security presence, and rising calls for reruns in several areas. In Wakiso District, the LC5 primaries have …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos at the Jinja district National Resistance Movement-NRM tally centre Thursday, when contestants accused each other of election malpractice. The NRM LCV flag is being contested between the incumbent Jinja district LCV chairperson, Moses Batwala and the Butagaya LCIII chairperson, Abdullah Suuta. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission, Dr. Tanga Odoi, has issued a strong warning to candidates, registrars, and other electoral officials ahead of the party primaries for Local Council Five (LCV) chairpersons, municipal and city mayors scheduled for today. Odoi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Sembabule District Woman MP Joy Kafula Kabatsi and incumbent Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo have jointly petitioned the Electoral Commission, contesting the declaration of Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Rwashande as winner of the recently concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries. The two veteran …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM political party, has said the party’s electoral commission chairperson, Dr Tanga-Odoi, can’t be the one resolving conflicts he presided over during the recent primaries. In a statement, President Museveni vowed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eighteen suspects have been arrested in connection with a brazen daylight robbery in the Nsambya-Kabalagala area, following the circulation of a viral video that captured the thugs assaulting and robbing members of the public during Thursday’s NRM parliamentary primaries. The shocking footage, filmed by …

Okoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Minister of State for Energy, Eng. Simon Giu D’Ujanga, has officially declared his intention to contest for the Okoro County parliamentary seat in Zombo District as an independent candidate in the January 2026 general elections. Addressing journalists at his residence in Ambaki Village, …

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | It is election season in Uganda and the usual cocktail of cash, fighting, and upsets is on offer. The offering is led by the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Uganda’s ruling party of 40 years whose primaries were yet again …

Violence to hit high in Parliamentary elections COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | A pattern of campaign violence, candidate harassment, and voter bribery that has emerged during the just concluded NRM primaries will likely spill into the 2026 general elections. That is the view of many expert election observers and analysts. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s ruling party  the National Resistance Movement ( NRM ) will conduct it’s internal primaries today across the country. According to the party’s Electoral Commission Chairperson Tango odoi voting will start at 10:00 am in most parts of the country while in Karamoja sub region …