Tag Archives: Opposition

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have come under fire from the opposition and National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidates in Kyotera district for alleged failure to contain the electoral violence there. Candidates from the rival political camps have been trading accusations for the electoral violence. However, the rival groups accuse …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An analysis of the 2021 candidates has shown that the four opposition parties that have got sitting Members of Parliament do not only have to wade off the ruling National Resistance Movement party to retain the seats but also need to fight other opposition parties. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition presidential candidates have discredited a letter written by the Electoral Commission to the police on the disruption of campaign meetings by security forces. The different camps of opposition presidential candidates have expressed a total lack of confidence in the Electoral Commission to direct police …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition parliamentary candidates in Hoima city and Hoima district have resumed their campaigns. The candidates on Wednesday suspended their campaigns following the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate. Kyagulanyi was arrested on Wednesday in Luuka district for flouting COVID-19 guidelines …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Retired Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has called on Ugandans in the diaspora to fund the campaigns of opposition political parties in the 2020/2021 general elections. He says the opposition have a common goal of taking over power. Muntu, a presidential candidate standing on the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr Steven Kazimba Mugalu has expressed concern about police’s continued brutality towards different opposition politicians which he says undermines democracy. While speaking at the 135th Bishop James Hannington memorial anniversary in Kyando village in Mayuge district on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A day after Uganda Police apologized for teargassing senior Buganda Kingdom and Catholic church personalities in Mityana over the weekend, a senior official of the ruling National Resistance Movement who is also a government minister has vehemently condemned acts of the security forces against …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kawempe North MP Latif Sebaggala has suspended his mayoral bid days after he was endorsed by the National Unity Platform for the race. He said that the decision was based on the need for a stronger opposition as the country heads for the 2021 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition is struggling to identify and front candidates against the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in Acholi ahead of the 2021 polls. They have failed to identify candidates for Parliamentary seats, LCV chairperson, district councilors, urban council III chairpersons, mayors and sub-county LCIII …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have urged the House to reject a proposal by the Opposition to remove the army from being represented in parliament. The army is among the special interest groups currently represented in Parliament. The others …