Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The outgoing Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has cautioned his replacement; Joel Ssenyonyi against petty arguments that may distract him from executing the responsibilities of his new assignment. Last week, the National Unity Platform-NUP, made changes in their parliamentary leadership, naming Ssenyonyi as the …
Read More »Bobi Wine versus Muhoozi
2023 achievements, hopes for 2024 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Bobi Wine’s visit to the U.K. after a ten year visa ban capped a year where his political significance soared again after the lull of last year. The party Bobi Wine founded, the National Unity Platform (NUP), went through a …
Read More »Opposition in new effort to trace 18 missing supporters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Leader of Opposition in Parliament – LOP has commenced a parallel investigation to trace the whereabouts of the 18 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP said to have been abducted by security personnel before, during, and after the 2021 general …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Besigye joins NUP as they open headquarters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a lot of fanfare Friday as opposition political party National Unity Platform (NUP) launched their party headquarters at Makerere Kavule, in Kampala. Former presidential candidate Col Kizza Besigye was one of several guests that witnessed the grand opening. Robert Kyagulanyi …
Read More »Opposition to boycott plenary sittings over security raid of NUP offices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition legislators have resolved to boycott plenary sittings unless the government apologizes for the brutal security siege of the National Unity Platform – NUP party headquarters on October 9, 2023. The decision follows a caucus opposition meeting Chaired by the Leader of the Opposition- …
Read More »UHRC closes file on missing NUP supporters after families decline to cooperate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission-UHRC has closed the files of 18 supporters of the National Unity Platform-NUP Party reported missing in the period from 2020 to 2023. These were part of a list of 30 persons the commission recieved from the NUP Secretariat and …
Read More »NUP offices cordoned off as security stops prayers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Businesses in Kamwokya and surrounding areas have been forced to close. It came after the military and the police stopped National Unity Platform-NUP supporters and their leaders from converging at their headquarters for a press conference and national prayers for those allegedly killed, arrested …
Read More »MPUUGA: Uganda’s future still not certain 61 years after Independence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament has raised concerns about Uganda’s future, which he believes remains uncertain due to what he perceives as a lack of ‘true democracy’. In a statement marking Uganda’s 61st independence anniversary, Mpuuga expresses disappointment with the journey …
Read More »NUP Spokesperson, Secretary General arrested
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has arrested Joel Ssenyonyi, the National Unity Platform-NUP party, spokesperson, Lewis Rubongoya, the secretary general and former Kampala central NUP parliamentary candidate, Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu. Joint security forces comprising the military and police surrounded the trio at Rubbies Pump fuel station in Kamwokya …
Read More »Court martial says nope to NUP 28
But Justice Minister Mao vows to free the civilians COVER STORY | DICTA ASIIMWE & AGATHER ATUHAIRE | This October is a do-or-die month for the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Nobert Mao. It is the month, he has said, that will see him fulfill his pledge to ensure …
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