Tag Archives: Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   11 candidates have been nominated to contest for the Kyadondo East parliamentary seat to replace Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine.  Kyagulanyi has been MP for the area since 2017 after winning by a landslide by-election in 2017.  He has declared his intentions to …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Independents formed the majority of candidates that were nominated to contest for Parliamentary positions in Kampala district. Altogether, the ten constituencies in the city attracted 35 contenders spread across the five divisions of Nakawa, Makindye, Lubaga, Kawempe and Kampala Central.  This is followed by …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Former Kyotera county MP, Major Pius Mujuzi (rtd) has been nominated among the candidates seeking to replace National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) for Kyaddondo East parliamentary seat. Mujuzi was MP for Kyotera County then in Rakai district for ten …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The National Unity Platform [NUP] has said that it was able to collect 117 Million Shillings from well-wishers which they will use to pay for the nomination fees for its parliamentary aspirants.  The nomination of parliamentary candidates’ kicks off tomorrow at all district Electoral …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The National Unity Platform (NUP) has confirmed that several documents and items have been confiscated by security from their offices in Kamwokya today. The party said documents, CCTV camera monitors and documents containing collected signatures required for the nomination of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu as …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   As the clock ticks to October 15, the day the Electoral Commission gazetted for the nomination of parliamentary candidates, the National Unity Platform [NUP] is struggling to convince losers not to contest as independent candidates. According to Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokesperson of the party, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum – JEEMA party national delegate’s conference has endorsed the National Unity Platform-NUP party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine for the 2021 general elections. The JEEMA national delegate’s conference that convened at Tal Cottages in Lubaga in Kampala on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The court at Makindye has set October 13, 2020, as the hearing date for the case against eight political activists who were arrested for their involvement in a campaign unveiled by opposition politicians in June.  The campaign christened, ‘No, Nedda, was aimed at showing dissatisfaction …

 Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used live bullets and teargas to disperse People Power activists from BCU FM premises on Naboa road in Mbale city where Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the president of the National Unity Platform-NUP party was expected to appear on a talk show. The People Power …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said either the Electoral Commission organizes a normal election as commanded by the constitution and other electoral laws or abandons the plan for holding elections in 2021. Kyagulanyi told Journalists in Kampala that they were taken aback by …