Tag Archives: NRM primaries

Bukedea, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 60 police officers and soldiers from the Uganda Peoples Defense Force- UPDF have been deployed at Bukedea District Council Hall tally centre. URN reporter saw more than 35 Police officers deployed in the first batch and more than 25 soldiers including LDUs.  Hajji …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Had it not been the swift police intervention, Robert Kato, the National Resistance Movement [NRM] Returning Officer in Lubaga Division would be either nursing serious bodily injuries or long gone. Kato survived lynching by irate NRM supporters who accused him of involving himself in electoral fraud. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos in Naguru remand home 2 polling station in the LCV woman councilor NRM primaries after the losing camp refused to be counted. Although the election for other positions was held peacefully at the polling station located in Nakawa division on Friday, …

Luweero, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The late arrival of election officers and low turn up of voters have marred National Resistance Movement (NRM) Primaries in Luweero town . The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is today electing party flag bearers for the position of LC5 Chairperson, District Councillors and City Mayors …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The NRM Electoral Commission of Soroti has postponed the Soroti City Mayoral and Council party elections that should have taken place this Friday. The District Registrar, Musa Oroma says as the ruling party NRM, is holding its primary elections for contenders vying for the party’s …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Voters in the Kawempe National Resistance Movement (NRM) LCV primary elections have taken on last minute door-to-door canvassing campaigns to persuade voters and sway the election outcomes on voting day today.  Tyson Mutangana, a supporter of Juliet Mugisha, contesting for LCV woman councilor for Makerere …

Katakwi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Charles Otiang 21, one of the survivors who were shot during the NRM primary party elections in Kapujan, Katakwi district has demanded that that NRM government compensate him. Otiang, a resident of Apule  village, was shot in the stomach by security personnel on Friday during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five contestants in the just concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries in Butemba Constituency, Kyankwanzi district are demanding for the nullification of results from the exercise. The contestants who include area MP Innocent Pentagon Kamusiime, former MP Samuel Ssemugaba, Peter Babu Kabango, Patrick …

Kabarole, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement – NRM chairperson for Kababrole and Fort Portal city John Kusemererwa has pleaded with party members who were defeated in the primaries not to contest as independents in the general elections next year. In the just-concluded NRM party primaries, some candidates …

  Luweero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five parliamentary aspirants from Luweero and Nakasongola districts have relaunched campaigns as independent contenders after losing the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries held last week. The aspirants include Faridah Nakalawa, Zena Ali Merrycillah and Joy Namulindwa who were defeated by Cissy Mulondo for the …