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UPC pick Aguti Nyangkori for Dokolo by-election

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sarah Aguti Nyangkori has been officially endorsed as the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) candidate for the Dokolo District Woman Member of Parliament By-Election. Nyangkori emerged unopposed during the District delegate’s conference held at St. Francis Xavier Vocational School in Dokolo, where Anna Okwir and …

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Parliament to pay tribute to Cecilia Ogwal

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The casket carrying the body of the late Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament, Cecilia Ogwal, is at parliament this morning for viewing and a special sitting for legislators to pay tribute. The casket, accompanied by pallbearers from the Uganda Police Force was received by …

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Parliament asks FDC to back off Ogwal’s funeral arrangements

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party against organizing parallel funeral arrangements for the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament, Cecilia Ogwal. Ogwal, 77, who was a member of FDC died on Thursday in India after a short illness. Shortly, FDC issued a …

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Veteran opposition legislator Cecilia Ogwal is dead

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Veteran opposition legislator Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, who has been terminally ill in India, has died. Politicians across the country have paid tribute to the contribution of the  ‘UPC Iron Lady’ to the politics of modern Uganda. “When and I received the news of …

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An elder statesman’s advice for Kadaga

As former Speaker ponders next move amid backlash from NRM Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Aggrey Awori, former presidential candidate and former minister in President Yoweri Museveni’s government has some advice for ex Speaker Rebecca Kadaga; “remain steadfast in National Resistance Movement (NRM) and help inexperienced legislators on parliamentary …

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Why NRM fears Independent MPs

Numbers show if not checked, 30% MPs to be Independent Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Finally, President Yoweri Museveni’s ruling NRM party and the four opposition parties represented in parliament have something they agree on; aspiring Independent MPs must be failed at the next election in 2021. They accuse …

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