Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former presidential candidates Samuel Lubega Mukaaku and Dr Abed Bwanika have been tasked to head the task force of Lord Mayoral aspirant Joseph Mayanja also known as Chameleone as he pushes to edge Erias Lukwago out of city hall. Mukaaku will now head the task …
Read More »DP to fund flag-bearers posters, nomination fees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has announced that the party will meet the nomination fees for all its flag bearers and also print campaign posters for them. But there is a catch. DP secretary general Gerald Siranda says that anybody who will be …
Read More »Mao in talks with Acholi MPs to join DP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The Democratic Party President Norbert Mao is wooing Members of Parliament from the Acholi sub-region to join the party. This follows the defection of 10 DP Members of Parliament to the National Unity Platform (NUP) this month. DP which is left with only five members of …
Read More »Mao warns DP leaders against working with MPs who defected to NUP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Norbert Mao, the President of the Democratic Party has warned regional party leaders against forming alliances with former members who defected to other parties. At the beginning of this month, several DP members including 10 legislators defected to the National Unity Platform headed by Kyadondo …
Read More »Besigye leaves vacuum FDC cannot fill – Mao
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by Dr. Kiiza Besigye not to run for presidency in the 2021 general election is the biggest test for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party, the Democratic Party President general Norbert Mao has observed. The four time presidential candidate and former …
Read More »Mao to focus on rebuilding DP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP President Norbert Mao has said although the party was saddened by the defection of 11 of its 15 Members of Parliament and other senior members to the National Unity Platform-NUP headed by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, they are working around the clock …
Read More »Five DP MPs reject calls to defect, focus on rebuilding party
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The five legislators from the Democratic Party who never joined the exodus to the National Unity Platform are now focusing their efforts on rebuilding the party. Their resolve follows the defection of 11 members of the party to the platform, a new political outfit …
Read More »Democratic Party moves to revive party support in Kasese
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) in Kasese district is stepping up its mobilization ahead of the 2021 general elections. Kasese was a stronghold of the Democratic Party in the 1960’s and 1980’s. But the support waned over the years and to date, DP’s presence in …
Read More »We don’t need Mao’s approval: DP bloc leaders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of leaders in the DP bloc pressure group have dismissed statements by Norbert Mao, the Democratic Party President dismissing their group as nonexistent. According to the group, Mao has no mandate to declare as such, an organization that he doesn’t own or …
Read More »Opposition skeptical of opinion poll putting Museveni ahead of rivals
Kampala , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Opposition have rejected an opinion poll that puts President Museveni ahead of all prospective presidential aspirants ahead of the 2021 elections. The opinion poll conducted by Research World International on behalf of Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies interviewed 2,321 Ugandans …
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