Bobi Wine: Will he or not be allowed to challenge Museveni? COVER STORY | The Independent Team | Even as nomination of candidates for various positions in the 2021 general election enters full gear, opposition activity is strangely quiet. By this stage in the last election of 2016, the headlines were full …
Read More »Military police face-off with NUP supporters at Ssebaggala’s vigil
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of the National Unity Platform on Saturday night faced off with the military police personnel at the vigil of former Kampala Mayor Hajji Nasser Ntege Ssebaggala at his ancestral home in Kisaasi. At 9:00 pm, two military police trucks carrying armed military police personnel …
Read More »High court asks Wakiso magistrate to forward Kyagulanyi’s case file
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy High Court Registrar Mary Kisakye Kaitesi has asked Wakiso Chief Magistrate to forward the file relating to the case of forgery and uttering false documents against the National Unity Platform-NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. In her September 24th, 2020 letter, Kaitesi says the …
Read More »FDC’s Nabilah seeks NUP ticket for lord mayoral race
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Central Woman Member of Parliament Nabilah Naggayi Sempala has resorted to the National Unity Platform to get a ticket to run for the position of Kampala city lord mayor. According to Mercy Walukamba, the chairperson of the NUP election management committee, two candidates …
Read More »‘Electoral commission was duped to approve NUP formation’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has been told that the Electoral Commission was duped to approve minutes and resolutions indicating that a delegates conference had been conducted and Robert Kyagulanyi elected as the new leader of National Unity Platform (NUP). Paul Simbwa, the former secretary-general of National Unity, Reconciliation …
Read More »NUP reopens search for lord mayoral candidate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP has reopened the search for a lord mayoral candidate asking persons with ambitions to contest for the seat to pick vetting forms. This follows a move by Kawempe North MP Latif Sebaggala Ssengendo to pull out of the race, a …
Read More »Chameleone asks NUP to hand him Lord Mayor’s flag
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Lord Mayoral aspirant Joseph Mayanja alias Chameleone has asked the National Unity Platform-NUP to reconsider its position and hand him the party flag for the 2021 polls. He made the request in a letter presented by his campaign taskforce chairperson Samuel Lubega Mukaaku …
Read More »NUP cancels vetting results from six electoral areas in Mukono
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform has suspended results for six electoral areas in Mukono municipality where candidates had been vetted to contest on the party flag. The vetting process which started last week on Tuesday had to close on Sunday with the declaration of winners. …
Read More »National Unity Platform suspends Jinja registrar over bribery
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Jinja district National Unity platform-NUP registrar Saul Nsongambi has been relieved of his duties pending investigations. His troubles stemmed from complaints presented by NUP members who accused him of soliciting bribes before being declared party flag bearers. The complainants who are mainly aspiring …
Read More »NUP members protest delayed endorsement
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was chaos at the National Unity Platform-NUP party headquarters in Kamwokya on Tuesday afternoon after several aspirants showed up demanding for endorsement as official party candidates. The disgruntled aspirants demanded answers having spent two days trekking to the party offices to pick their …
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