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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Lt Gen Paul Lokech has told Ugandans to strictly vote and go home come the 14th January, polling day. Gen. Lokech was part of the security team addressing a press conference at the police headquarters in Naguru. Lokech says …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has in total allocated 1.073 trillion Shillings to various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in the implementation of election related activities in the run up to the January 2021, general election. This is according to the pre-election economic and fiscal update released by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Politicians vying for various elective positions have been asked to accept defeat to ensure a peaceful post-election period. Rev Canon Awodi, the Diocesan Secretary for Kampala Diocese challenged the leaders and contenders to remember that the progress and stability of the country is in their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) will project results on screens at districts tally centres to enable candidates agents to see if the data on record corresponds with what features on their declaration forms. The district tally centre is the most important stage in the tallying process …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of Luweero Diocese Eridard Nsubuga has appealed to youths to restrain themselves from acts of violence in the coming general elections. Today, Christians from Luweero Diocese attended services in churches in which they thanked God for the year 2020 and prayed for blessings …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Catholic Bishop of Kasana-Luweero Diocese Paul Ssemogerere is raising a red flag over the general election due in three weeks, saying a considerable number of Ugandans are about to be disenfranchised. “Many eligible voters have reported to me that they are failing to secure …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, the Most Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba has cautioned Ugandans not to put their lives on the line for politicians ahead of the 2021 election. This was part of his message to Christians at the Church of Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veteran politician Yonasani Kanyomozi does not believe that the National Unity Platform-NUP under Robert Kyagulanyi can wrest power from the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party without bloodshed. Kanyomozi, a Uganda People’s Congress -UPC stalwart says anyone challenging the current regime cannot succeed without extensive fatalities. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has summoned the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and FDC’s Patrick Amuriat Oboi over repeated flouting of election guidelines. The Electoral Commission acting on the direction of the Ministry of Health banned mass gatherings that have more than 200 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Fred Mwesigye has said that he is against fielding a single candidate against President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Speaking to his supporters in Mbale, Mwesigye said that the idea of a joint opposition candidate is good but too late. Mwesigye also says that such …