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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Serere County Member of Parliament, Patrick Okabe has said the decision by the ruling National Resistance Movement- NRM party to use lining up in the primary elections was a huge mistake. Okabe made the comment while addressing a press conference in Soroti where …

Why experts say violence points to 2021 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first news of violence on Sept.04, D-Day of the ruling party NRM Primaries, came from Bukono County in Namutumba District. Unknown people had that morning killed an agent of one of the candidates, the Minister of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Information Minister Judith Nabakooba won the NRM party primaries in Mityana district. Nabakooba got 35,500 votes to beat her sole challenger Deborah Kyazike Kinobe who got 5,557 votes, a landslide she said is an indicator that her role in parliament has been appreciated. She added …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The rivals of the Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi are disputing his victory in the just-concluded NRM primary elections for the Bukoto Central constituency parliamentary seat in Masaka district. According to the official results announced by Joseph Mugerwa, the Masaka NRM registrar, Ssekandi emerged winner …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement- NRM Electoral Commission officials in Sembabule district have found a hard time to present results from the parliamentary party primaries. Three top contenders for parliamentary party tickets in the district have rejected the poll results saying they are doctored. They are …

  Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Labour Mwesigwa Rukutana has been arrested. He was arrested on Saturday with three of his escorts from his home in Ruyonza, Rubaare Sub County. Samson Kasasira, the Rwizi regional Police Spokesperson, says that the Minister was arrested on allegations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY NRM Primaries challenge Museveni: Why experts say violence points to 2021 THE LAST WORD Uganda’s elite crisis: Why Dr. Kizza Besigye is right to say elites in Uganda are the most useless class …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Lands Beti Namisango Kamya has been declared the ruling National Resistance Movement-party candidate in Lubaga North after winning party primaries held today. Kamya defeated her close rival Brian Tindyebwa. Kamya a recent recruit in the NRM got 6,839 votes representing 90 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting for the National Resistance Movement candidates was earlier today characterized by protests after some of the voters were barred from participating in the process for failing to present National Identity cards. At Kalani, Nakinyuguzi and Boston villages, NRM EC presiding officers turned away voters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has taken advantage of the ongoing National Resistance Movement party primary elections to solicit for the signatures required to be nominated in the 2021 general elections. Museveni was in March this year endorsed by the NRM Central Executive Committee-the topmost policy-making …