Tag Archives: NUP

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The powers of the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine were reduced after the party amended its constitution. The party proposed two five-year term limits for all party leaders and flag bearers at all levels, including the party president. …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has stated that they have no intention of seeking retribution against anyone if they assume power. Mpuuga, who is also the Member of Parliament for Nyendo-Mukungwe Division in Masaka and Deputy President of the National …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prosecutors have again opposed a second bail application filed by 32 supporters of the National Unity Platform who are facing trial before the General Court Martial in Makindye on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition. The group is accused of having been found in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) at Makerere University will hold their primaries at the party’s headquarters after being blocked from holding them within the university. The party is looking for its flag bearer for the guild elections slated for April 14, 2023, …

Mpuuga: If we had proportional representation, the People’s Progressive Party [PPP] would have more than one Member of Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A shift from the current “winner-takes-it-all” system to proportional representation is part of the Opposition’s proposed package for constitutional and electoral reforms. According to the Leader …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten women who were arrested for staging a protest on March 8th, 2023 as the world commemorated International Women’s Day 2023 are out on bail. The Law Development Center Grade One Magistrate, Martin Kirya granted the women cash bail of sh100,000 each while their sureties executed …

Inside the party’s new countrywide mobilisation drive Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) on Feb.23 launched Kunga Uganda; a proposed countrywide mobilisation drive. The event at their party headquarters in Kavule, Makerere not far from Kampala’s central business district attracted hordes of supporters, party MPs, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security forces and the City Mortuary at Mulago hospital have on Saturday morning handed over the body of lawyer Anthony Wameli who died last month in the United States of America. The body has been taken to a funeral home in Mengo for final dressing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP, has trashed calls by some of his party members to negotiate with the government in order to release many of their detained supporters. Speaking at the party’s new headquarters at Makerere Kavule while commissioning the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP, has trashed calls by some of his party members to negotiate with the government in order to release many of their detained supporters. Speaking on Thursday at the party’s new headquarters at Makerere Kavule while …