Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has dismissed claims that he has political differences with the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga. Speaking to NRM delegates from the districts of Kamuli and Buyende who had converged at Kamuli youth center compound on Saturday, Museveni argued that he could not harbor …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to recall UPDF officers attached to the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU over corruption-related claims. Speaking to NRM delegates from the districts of Kamuli and Buyende on Saturday, the National Resistance Movement-NRM flag bearer said that he deployed FPU to clean up …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu, ANT presidential candidate has faulted President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for using COVID-19 as a weapon to bar other presidential candidates from getting to be known by the people. Muntu says that if people do not get to know the 10 presidential candidates …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM vice-chairperson in charge of Eastern Uganda, Mike Mukula has challenged electorates to vote experienced leaders who have better plans for the development of their country. Speaking to NRM leaders who were attending President Yoweri Museveni’s second campaign at the rugby grounds …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has told the people of Pader district to avoid voting for opposition politicians who can’t manage the post-Museveni politics of the country. Tumukunde said with his background and experience, he is the best person to direct the change …
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The interventions police, the EC, and President Museveni must make to ensure democratic elections COMMENT | MICHAEL ABONEKA | It is barely two months to the general elections day of January 14, 2021, and we are still wondering whether we shall make it alive. In order to achieve free fair …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women in Bunyoro want to meet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over the giveaway of Bugoma central forest reserve to Hoima sugar limited for sugarcane growing. The women want the president to spare time when he campaigns in the region in two weeks time to explain …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Sikuda sub-county in Busia district have faulted the president for failing to fulfill pledges on extension and distribution of electricity. In 2007, President Yoweri Museveni while campaigning during the by-election in Samia Bugwe North Constituency pledged to construct power lines from Busitema sub-county …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Nakaseke district have told the Alliance for National Transformation presidential candidate Gen. Gregg Mugisha Muntu that they are tired of voting military leaders. Security forces in Uganda are currently under the spotlight over brutality while enforcing COVID-19 guidelines and dispersing protests. The recent …
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Focus on schools, campaigns, Christmas travellers Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the number of deaths due to COVID-19 nears 200, health officials and experts appear frustrated, worried and unsure of how to proceed. Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu, the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, says more patients with …
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