Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The legal team of Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament Connie Nakayenze Ggaliwango has asked court to strike out the affidavits of three witnesses of her rival, Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, who ignored the summons to appear for cross-examination. This came after Wanyoto’s lawyer, Swabur Marzuk …
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But does his defiance hurt help FDC or IPOD? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Lydia Wanyoto knows how to kill boredom and keep stress away. Dance. And she did exactly that on May 20 at the Protea Hotel in Entebbe when President Yoweri Museveni kept delegates to the 2nd …
Read More »DPP withdraws charges against Bakaleke
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution-DPP Mike Chibita has withdrawn charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police, Siraje Bakaleke and city Lawyer, Paul Wanyoto Mugoya and six others before the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala. The other suspects are city lawyer, Paul Wanyoto Mugoya, Samuel Nabeta Mulowooza, the …
Read More »Wanyoto: 10 years at EALA
By Agather Atuhaire With Parliament yet to resolve the battle over political party representation at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), The Independent’s Agather Atuhaire spoke to Lydia Wanyoto, an NRM member who has been at the assembly since its initiation in 2001 How is representation at EALA different from …
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