Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the High Court in Kampala for orders to compel Makerere University to initiate the process of recalling the Diploma awarded to the National Unity Platform party president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu about 20 years ago. In his June 4th, 2021 …
Read More »URA releases Kyagulanyi’s bullet proof vehicle on Museveni orders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine has received his bulletproof vehicle from Uganda Revenue Authority-URA. The tax body returned the vehicle that they impounded over tax issues following a directive from President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The tax body impounded the vehicle in April after court …
Read More »17 NUP supporters released on bail
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Seventeen of the 35 National Unity Platform-NUP party supporters remanded by the Uganda People’s Defense Forces-General Court Martial are out on bail. They are Robinson Ntambi Mudde, Stanley Kafuko alias Kysta, Kivumbi Achileo, Samson Ssekiranda alias Giant, Robert Katumba, Kyabagu Geserwa alias Pympah, Faisal Kigongo alias …
Read More »NUP demands release of 100 members arrested over swearing in disruption claims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP is demanding that security agencies in the country produce or release over one hundred of their members who were arrested on allegations of planning disruption of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony. Joel Ssenyonyi, the party spokesperson said their legal teams are in …
Read More »NUP: Kyagulanyi swearing-in claims a hoax to steal Museveni’s money
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Party (NUP) has dismissed claims that their leader Robert Kyagulanyi is planning to hold a parallel presidential swearing ceremony. NUP says it is a cheap trick by security operatives to ‘steal money from President Yoweri Museveni’. NUP spokesman and MP Elect for …
Read More »Ugandans in diaspora protest, call for aid cut
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans living in London and the United States on Friday held protests calling on the two governments to cut aid to Uganda. In Downing Street, Westminster in London, the protesters who were clad in red attire chanted ‘People Power, Our Power’ and also …
Read More »Kyagulanyi appeals to party members to stop fighting for leadership positions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President of the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has appealed to members of his party, who were elected at different local government levels to stop fighting for leadership positions. Speaking to a delegation of local government leaders from Wakiso district today at his home …
Read More »NUP declines invite to Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP party has declined an invitation to the swearing-in ceremony of Yoweri Museveni, as President of Uganda for yet another term. The event is scheduled to take place on Wednesday May 12, 2021. The Minister for the Presidency Esther Mbayo yesterday told journalists …
Read More »Security brutality against journalists, fake news shape discussion on press freedom day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The brutality by security personnel against journalists in the line of duty has dominated discussions on press freedom in Uganda during the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day. Established by the United Nations-UN in 1993, the World Press Freedom Day serves as a reminder to governments …
Read More »KYAGULANYI: I won’t negotiate with Museveni to free our people
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The president of the National Unity Platform-NUP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said that he has no intentions of negotiating with president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for the release his supporters who were arrested last year. It’s exactly four months since security forces rounded up and arrested members …
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