Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent candidate Grace Akifeza Ngabirano won the Kisoro district woman Member of Parliament by-election. Akifeza was declared the winner by Daniel Nayebare, the Kisoro District Returning Officer, after garnering 50,459 votes, trouncing her closest contender, Rose Kabagyeni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer, …
Read More »Kisoro By-election: Candidates protest intimidation of agents, voters
Kisoro, Uganda | INDEPENDENT | Seven people have been arrested for disrupting voting in the Kisoro Woman MP by-election. One of those arrested, has been identified only as Mugyema an agent of Independent candidate Grace Akifeza Ngabirano. He was picked from Gahura polling station in Chanika town council on allegations of …
Read More »Kisoro By-Election: Tang Odoi clashes with opposition leaders over army deployment
KISORO, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Tang Odoi, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Electoral Commission Chairman, engaged in a heated exchange with opposition leaders on Wednesday evening regarding the deployment of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) in Kisoro ahead of the by-election for the Kisoro District Woman Member …
Read More »Museveni grills Kisoro CAO over poor state of roads
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday grilled Swaib Balaba, Kisoro district Chief Administrative Officer over the sorry state of roads in the district. Museveni was in Kisoro to campaign for Rose Kabagyeni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for Kisoro District Woman Member …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Museveni to probe vote rigging claims in NRM primaries
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has promised to investigate vote rigging claims in the recently concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament. Rose Kabagyeni was declared the flag bearer by the NRM electoral commission, Tang Odoi after garnering 3,9941 …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-Election: 2 nominated on day one
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two candidates have been nominated for the Kisoro Woman MP by-election on day one. They are Rose Kabagyeni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidate and Musanase Juliet, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party candidate under the Najjanankumbi faction. Kabagyeni was nominated on Wednesday …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Election of UPC flag bearer flops
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Election of a Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party flag bearer to contest for Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament on Tuesday flopped after candidates clashed over the voting method and presence of ineligible voters. UPC party supporters converged at Bamboo Gardens in Kisoro municipality …
Read More »Rose Kabagyeni declared as NRM flag bearer in the Kisoro Woman MP race
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rose Kabagyeni has won the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro Woman MP race. Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture was announced winner with 39,941 votes. Her closest rival Grace Ngabirano Akifeza got 39197 votes. Irene Mahirwe got 1729, Brenda Fancy Nirere …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Low turn up in NRM Primaries
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The election of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for Kisoro District Woman MP race is ongoing amidst a low turnout of voters. The candidates include are Rose Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture, Brenda Fancy Nirere, Grace Ngabirano Akifeza, Hellen Mbonye, …
Read More »NRM campaigns for Kisoro Woman MP by-election halted
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s joint campaigns of candidates contesting for the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament seat have been halted. 13 candidates are contesting to hold the party flag. They include; Akifeza Grace Ngabirano, Sylvia Dushime Agaba, Winfred Faith Igiraneze, Jemimah Irankunda, …
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