Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Aine Kaguta famously known as Sodo one the parliamentary contestants for Mawogola North Constituency have withdrawn from the race hours to polling day. Sodo, a young brother to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been one of the eight aspirants vying to replace the Foreign …
Read More »Claims of voter briber surface in Sembabule ahead of Thursday elections
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cases of outright voter bribery have surfaced in Sembabule district ahead of the general elections scheduled for this Thursday. Ugandans of eighteen years and above go to the polls this Thursday to elect a president and members of parliament for the 2021-2026 term of office. …
Read More »Drama, politics behind independent’s campaign symbols
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Khisa Isaac | Campaign symbols are one of the key feature of an election. Unlike official party candidates, who use their party candidates, independents are expected to come up with meaningful symbols that they market to their voters. Cyprian Ogwang, the Head of Research and …
Read More »No NRM Ccandidate for Mawogola North as Kaguta, Kutesa are nominated as Independents
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | By the close of the official nomination on Friday, the National Resistance Movement-NRM had failed to sponsor a party flagbearer for Mawogola North Constituency parliamentary seat in Sembabule district. This follows the failure by the party authorities to break the stalemate on the official …
Read More »Violence reported in Sembabule NRM primaries despite heavy security deployment
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM party residue primaries in Sembabule district were marred by acts of violence despite heavy security deployment in the area. More than 2,000 security personnel that included police and the army were deployed in Sembabule on Tuesday to maintain security in …
Read More »Aine Kaguta, Kawooya win NRM residual primaries in Sembabule
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Aine Kaguta, the younger brother to President Yoweri Museveni’s and Anifa Kawooya Bangirana have won National Resistance Movement party primaries in Sembabule district. The duo were declared winners of the NRM parliamentary flag bearers elections for Mawogola North and West constituencies respectively after polls …
Read More »NRM voters shun woman MP primaries in Sembabule
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party recorded a very poor turn up in the election of its candidate for the Sembabule Woman MP race. It is said that many of the voters abandoned polling stations before voting. The primary was organised alongside the residual elections in …
Read More »Candidates reject use of national IDs in Sembabule NRM primaries
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Contestants for the National Resistance Movement- NRM party primaries in Mawogola North and West constituencies, Sembabule district have rejected the use of National Identity Cards in today’s elections. The NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr Tanga Odoi on Tuesday evening issued new guidelines for the primaries. …
Read More »Voter bribery claims persist in Sembabule district ahead of NRM primaries
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Allegations of voter bribery have persisted in Sembabule district ahead of the National Resistance Movement- NRM party primaries for Mawogola West and North constituencies. The NRM members in both constituencies will vote on Wednesday to elect the Members of Parliament flag bearers. This is after …
Read More »Deputy IGP camps in Sembabule as tensions rise ahead of NRM primaries
Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Major General Sabiiti Muzeyi has pitched camp in Sembabule district amid rising political tensions ahead of the NRM parliamentary primaries for Mawogola North and West constituencies. On September 30th the National Resistance Movement – NRM Party members in the …
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