Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lawyers who are representing Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert in the presidential petition currently at the Supreme Court have rejected any blame for the decision to withdraw the case. Kyagulanyi on February 1, filed a petition in the supreme court challenging the victory of Yoweri Kaguta …
Read More »Kyagulanyi orders lawyers to withdraw presidential election petition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, the former presidential candidate of the National Unity Platform-NUP has ordered his lawyers to withdraw a petition that he had filed in the Supreme Court challenging the outcome of the January 14, 2021, presidential election. The election was won by the National …
Read More »UN condemns attack on journalists by military
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights has condemned the attack by the military on journalists and members of the National Unity Platform. On Wednesday, former NUP presidential candidate Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert presented a petition on alleged human rights violations to the office of …
Read More »BYABAKAMA: I had no power to stop arrest of Kyagulanyi campaign team
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission Chairman, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, has said although his Commission was fully in charge of organizing last month’s elections, he had no power to intervene when campaign agents of National Unity Platform-NUP former presidential candidates were arrested. In his response to the …
Read More »NUP launches Kyagulanyi campaign poster without red beret
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has officially unveiled Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert also known as Bobi Wine, the party presidential flag bear’s official campaign poster which has no red beret. The unveiled campaign poster has the face of NUP presidential flag bearer Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert, in …
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