Tag Archives: Hoima

  Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima District Police Commander Christopher Katumba Kiggundu has been transferred, a few hours to the Hoima district Parliamentary election scheduled for Thursday. According to the transfer message released today, Kiggundu moves from Hoima to the Environmental Protection Police Unit –EPPU. He has been …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has lodged a complaint against the heavy deployment of military personnel in Hoima district ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary elections. The complaint dated Wednesday, September 25, 2019, was authored by FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi and addressed to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition leaders have rallied the people of Bunyoro region to denounce President, Yoweri Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party for alleged incompetence. The opposition leaders made the appeal while campaigning for Asinansi Nyakato alias Kamanda, the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business came to stand still for several hours in Hoima town as police and the Army battled opposition supporters led by Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of parliament. Kyagulanyi emerged from nowhere to the middle of Hoima town at around …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heightened security in Hoima district as the campaigns for the woman MP by-elections climax.  The elections are scheduled for Thursday this week. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of parliament and leader of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) is sending a full team to monitor this week’s Hoima District Woman Member of Parliament by-election where indicators show it will be highly competitive. Set for Thursday 26th September 2019, the by-election is intended to fill a vacancy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyandodo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi wine and his Mityana Municipality counterpart, Francis Zaake have received a heroic welcome in Hoima town amidst tight security. Hundreds of people welcomed the duo in a procession at Butema trading center about 5km from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of security personnel in Hoima town and its surroundings ahead of a planned visit by Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi also known as Bobi Wine. The legislator is expected in the area to launch a campaign by Asinasi Kamanda Nyakato, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission-EC has banned street processions in Hoima and Kaabong districts, as the areas await polls, slated for September 26, 2019. The electorate will be voting for woman representatives in Parliament and local government committees. The Parliamentary seats in the two districts fell …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima District Security Committee has halted the allocation of Kandanda Forest reserve in Kyabigambire Sub County to private investors by the National Forestry Authority-NFA. The decision was reached in a community meeting held on Monday evening at Kyampaka village in Bulindi parish in Kyabigambire …