Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Stella Nyanzi, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Candidate for the Kampala Woman Parliamentary race has said that her recent loss cannot stop her zeal to fight against the NRM Government. With a cumulative total of 60,564 votes, Nyanzi came third in the race …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Kisenyi zones, a densely populated Kampala informal settlement, have tasked Kampala parliamentary candidates to explain their plans for eliminating unemployment levels before voting them in the 2021 general elections. Kisenyi is one of Kampala’s biggest informal settlements (slums) that has a large population of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Stella Nyanzi, the former Makerere University academic researcher and Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Kampala Woman parliamentary candidate, says it is disheartening to see how Ugandans have been reduced to beggars. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on the sidelines of her campaigns …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police arrested Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party activists protesting against Uganda’s plans to construct roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo- DRC. Two weeks ago, the Minister for Works General Katumba Wamala said that Uganda will construct a road in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Better policies for street vending, garbage management and unemployment in the city have been highlighted by women seeking political office in Kampala, as key issues to be addressed when they are elected. The contenders; Faridah Nambi for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Stella …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has nominated six aspirants for the Kampala Woman Member of Parliament position. Seven aspirants booked appointments to be nominated as Kampala Woman MP, but the Electoral Commission Returning Officer for Kampala, Fredrick Muwaya has today nominated six by close of nomination. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Stella Nyanzi has officially quit her job at Makerere University as a research fellow to pursue her political ambitions. The acting Makerere University Human Resource Director, Lawrence Ssanyu announced Dr. Nyanzi’s decision to quit in a July 21st, 2020 letter. Dr. Nyanzi tendered in …
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Kampala, Uganda| AFP | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered for the reinstatement of Makerere University Research Fellow, Dr. Stella Nyanzi after it found that the institution was in contempt of it’s Staff Appeals Tribunal when it suspended her. On Thursday, High Court Civil Division Judge Lydia Mugambe ordered the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Makerere University Research fellow and scholar, Dr. Stella Nyanzi collapsed on Thursday while receiving the Oxfam Novib/PEN International Award for Freedom of Expression for 2020. This was during the ceremony organised by the Ugandan PEN, a subsidiary of the PEN International, a global association …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Lydia Mugambe has deferred the ruling in a case in which Stella Nyanzi is challenging her dismissal from Makerere University. Justice Mugambe of the High Court Civil Division postponed the ruling to November 8 after failure by Makerere University to produce key documents in …
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