Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidate Andrew Ojok Oulanyah has been declared the winner of the Omoro County by-elections. Ojok replaces his father Jacob Oulanyah, the former Speaker of Parliament who died in March in Seattle, USA due to cancer. Ojok was declared the …
Read More »Museveni summons Omoro county NRM aspirants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement-NRM party aspirants eyeing the Omoro County MP seat have been summoned by President Museveni. So far, eleven people have expressed interest to replace the late Jacob Oulanyah. Four of the aspirants subscribe to the NRM party. They include the Omoro LCV chairperson …
Read More »Six express interest in Omoro county parliamentary seat
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of former legislator and Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah on March 20, 2022, in Seattle in the United States of America. …
Read More »EC sets date for Omoro county by-election
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set May 26 as the date for the Omoro County by-elections. The seat fell vacant last month following the death of MP and former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah. According to a letter dated April 6, 2022, written by the Secretary to the …
Read More »Zimbabwean leader Mnangagwa sets date for long-awaited by-elections
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed March 26 as the date for the long-awaited by-elections to fill vacant seats in the National Assembly and various local authorities across the country. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had in 2020 suspended the holding of by-elections in line with …
Read More »Magere residents, MPs condemn confinement of Kyagulanyi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents neighboring the home of former National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi have protested the heavy deployment of security personnel in the area. Kyagulanyi was on Tuesday blocked from leaving his home in Magere, Wakiso district to go to Kayunga district to campaign for …
Read More »KAYUNGA: Police impound NUP candidate’s sound truck
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have declined to release a sound truck belonging to the National Unity Platform-NUP candidate Harriet Nakwede, for the Kayunga LC V chairperson by-elections. Police and the army intercepted the sound truck at around 8pm on Monday evening as the NUP team was returning from …
Read More »Police, UPDF deploy heavily in Kayunga ahead of by-election
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security deployment in various parts of Kayunga district ahead of the LC 5 chairperson by-elections scheduled for Thursday this week. Both the Uganda Police Force and Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF have deployed in Kayunga, Kangurumira, Kitimbwa, Kayonza, and Busaana town councils. Security …
Read More »NRM, NUP vet candidates for Rakai by-elections
Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) and the National Unity Platform (NUP) have started vetting party members to be nominated for the four vacant positions in the upcoming residual and by-elections in Rakai district. There are four vacant positions in the district which include the male …
Read More »Kayunga by-elections: Ffeffeka’s son trashes NUP vetting process, set to go independent
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jamir Kamoga, the son of the late Muhammad Ffeffeka Sserubogo, the former Kayunga district LC V chairperson has decided to go independent after failing to secure the National Unity Platform-NUP party flag. On Monday evening, NUP declared Harriet Nakwede as their candidate for the Kayunga …
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