Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only three members of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party National Executive Committee in Bugisu sub region have endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as the party presidential candidate. The delegates missed the vote as they left Mt. Elgon hotel to attend the campaign meeting of …
Read More »Museveni urges NRM delegates to change political culture
FULL Museveni speech at NRM conference 2020 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged delegates to the National Resistance Movement party conference to push for a change in quality of politics practiced in the country. “The NRM needs to expunge the politics of careerism and re-instate …
Read More »Tear gas, bullets rock Kamwokya as NUP, NRM struggle to dominate ghetto
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There were running battles between security and warring supporters of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM and National Unity Platform-NUP parties during village youth council elections in Kifumbira A and Kifumbira B in Kamwokya on Tuesday afternoon. Today’s chaos was a continuation of the tensions that …
Read More »CID probes five NRM, NUP politicians for defying COVID-19 guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT The Criminal Investigations Directorate–CID is investigating four National Resistance Movement –NRM politicians and the National Unity Platform –NUP to record statements on allegations of defying COVID-19 guidelines. The politicians include State Minister for Investment Evelyn Anite, Kyadondo East MP and presidential aspirant, Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi …
Read More »NUP wins big in Masaka youth elections
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT National Unity for Platform (NUP) supporters in Masaka are celebrating after winning in majority of the villages in the youth elections. NUP Youths won in most of the polling stations in the two divisions that make up Masaka city beating candidates from the Democratic Party (DP) …
Read More »NRM’s Richard Todwong explains disqualification of CEC candidates
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Secretary-General of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party Richard Todwong has said that Ambassador Matayo Kyaligonza was directed to step down from the Central Executive Committee race after failing to resign his job. Kyaligonza, Uganda’s ambassador to Burundi was defending his position as …
Read More »Museveni flags off 68,000 bicycles for NRM village chairpersons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off 68,000 bicycles to aid the mobilization activities by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in villages across the country. Museveni said that the bicycles were procured from contributions by party members and added that they are also making …
Read More »Despotic founders, intrigue pushed MP Atiku from FDC to NRM
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ayivu County MP Bernard Atiku has said that the ‘founder syndrome,’ among members of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC drove him far away from the party whose interests he once represented in Parliament into the National Resistance Movement-NRM. Atiku joined the NRM a week ago …
Read More »13 people arrested for flouting COVID-19 guidelines in Nebbi
Nebbi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 13 people, including an NRM political aspirant for Nebbi Municipality, have been arrested and detained at Nebbi Central Police Station for organizing a political meeting in total disregard of COVID-19 control guidelines. Enriko Opio, an aspiring candidate for the Nebbi Municipality Parliamentary seat had flown …
Read More »Age limit removal not Kadaga’s achievement – Namuganza
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza has said the drive for the age limit removal was not Speaker Rebecca Kadaga’s achievement, but the whole NRM party position. On Tuesday, Kadaga said it was her effort that pushed through the unpopular age limit law. She …
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