Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has confirmed that several documents and items have been confiscated by security from their offices in Kamwokya today. The party said documents, CCTV camera monitors and documents containing collected signatures required for the nomination of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu as …
Read More »NUP struggles to convince rejected aspirants not to seek nomination
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the clock ticks to October 15, the day the Electoral Commission gazetted for the nomination of parliamentary candidates, the National Unity Platform [NUP] is struggling to convince losers not to contest as independent candidates. According to Joel Ssenyonyi, the spokesperson of the party, …
Read More »Drama as MPs Kasibante, Ssajjalyabeene miss NUP ticket
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of parliament, Moses Kasibante of Lubaga North and Emmanuel Ssempala Kigozi Ssajjalyabeene of Makindye Ssaabagabo have been denied the flag of the National Unity Platform. In a residual list released this afternoon by the Executive Board of the party that was put in …
Read More »Chameleone chest thumps: I will win without NUP ticket
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Musician-turned-Politician Joseph Mayanja alias Chameleone has said he will fight an independent battle and ensure that he becomes Kampala’s next Lord Mayor without the National Unity Platform ticket. In the weeks leading to today’s nomination exercise, Mayanja was involved in a number of controversies in pursuit …
Read More »NUP losers decry criteria used to identify parliamentary candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aspirants who have not been selected as the parliamentary candidates for the National Unity Platform [NUP] have complained about the unfair process leading to the selection. Some aspirants said that if the party doesn’t address their concerns, they will not be left with any other …
Read More »DPP to take over second age-falsification case against Bobi Wine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Road Magistrates Court has approved a request by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to take over criminal proceedings against Robert Kyagulanyi, the leader of the National Unity Platform. The matter was taken to court by lawyer Male Mabirizi, who accused him of falsifying documents …
Read More »Teargas, live bullets rock Mbale as police battles people power activists
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used live bullets and teargas to disperse People Power activists from BCU FM premises on Naboa road in Mbale city where Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the president of the National Unity Platform-NUP party was expected to appear on a talk show. The People Power …
Read More »Kyotera woman MP denounces democratic party
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyotera Woman Member of Parliament Robinah Ssentongo has said that she will not use the Democratic Party ticket to contest for the seat in the forthcoming general elections. Ssentongo was admitted into the opposition political party three years ago, months before she contested in residual …
Read More »EC denies knowledge of NUP ownership dispute
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission [EC] has said that they didn’t know that the people who applied to change the name of the party that eventually Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine took over as president were not authorised to do so. Speaking to reporters in Kampala, …
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