Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation has published the gazetted notice in which former Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu seeks to withdraw his presidential election petition. The Gazette is the official weekly newspaper in which all government decisions and bills among others are published before they …
Read More »Supreme Court advises Mayambala to first hire a lawyer
Mayambala advised to file formal application to inherit Kyagulanyi’s petition Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has been advised to seek the services of a lawyer to enable him file a formal application to take over a presidential election petition that has been abandoned by Robert …
Read More »Mayambala says he is ready to step in, replace Bobi Wine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has written to the Supreme Court requesting that he takes over the presidential election petition filed by former National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The spokesperson of the judiciary Jameson Karemani says that they have received Mayambala’s letter. …
Read More »Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala blames low voter turnout on EC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent Presidential Candidate, Willy Mayambala has blamed the Electoral Commission-EC for the low voter turn-out in Thursday’s election. Only 10,359,479 voters participated in the polls, out of the 18,103,603 voters registered voters across the country. The figures indicate that the Thursday poll had a voter …
Read More »Five presidential candidates fail to campaign via radios in Teso
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform- NUP and four other presidential candidates have not had access to any radio station in Teso Sub Region since campaigns commenced last November. Kyagulanyi, Greg Mugisha Muntu of the Alliance for National Transformation- ANT, …
Read More »Nancy Kalembe fails to show up for campaigns in Bunyoro, Tooro
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Nancy Kalembe, on Tuesday, failed to show up for her scheduled campaign rallies in Tooro and Bunyoro Sub-regions. According to the Electoral Commission’s campaign schedule, Kalembe was supposed to campaign in Kagadi and Kakumiro in Bunyoro on Tuesday. On the same day, …
Read More »Kabuleta fails to campaign in Kyotera, Rakai, Lwengo
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Kabuleta, one of the Independent Presidential Candidates, has not showed up in Kyotera, Rakai and Lwengo districts as expected. He was scheduled to canvass for votes in the three districts according to the presidential elections time table. Local reporters from different media houses …
Read More »Mayambala promises to compensate NRA veterans in six months
Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Independent Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has promised to compensate National Resistance Army War veterans within six months. Luwero district was the epicentre of National Resistance Army-NRA war of 1981-1986. However, 34 years after the war, several veterans and residents are still demanding for compensation …
Read More »Presidential candidate Mayambala promises to construct modern markets in Kyenjojo
Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Willy Mayambala, on Thursday resumed with his campaigns in Kyenjojo District and promised to construct modern markets once elected. Mayambala, who only campaigned in Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo after failing to turn in other Tooro districts due to financial constraints, expressed concern …
Read More »Presidential candidate Mayambala wants to send text messages to voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has said he plans to send text messages to Ugandans if he can get their phone numbers from the National Registration and Identification Authority (NIRA). Mayambala says that this move will not only allow him reach several people in parts of …
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