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  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The People Power consultation meeting in Lira town has been cancelled. People Power Movement was expected to be in Lira on Wednesday. Addressing the media on Tuesday afternoon, Lira RDC Milton Odongo says that although police granted permission to the team, the meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine and leader of People Power political pressure group cancelled his scheduled trip for a consultative meeting on his presidential ambitions in Gulu citing persecution of his supporters. Kyagulanyi had scheduled his second consultative meeting …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | People power pressure group leaders have said that they will stick to their planned nationwide consultation meetings, as part of the presidential bid for Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi. The statement came hours after police foiled the group’s first consultative meeting in Gayaza, Wakiso …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A scuffle between security forces and people power enthusiasts has paralyzed business and transport along Gayaza road in Kasangati town council, Wakiso district. Multitudes of youths have taken to the streets to challenge the arrest of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, the Kyadondo East Member of Parliament has told the Constitutional Court that he doesn’t own any organization in the names of People Power. He was responding to a petition by the former Ruhaama County aspirant, Adens Ntare Rutaro in …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  William Otim alias Rasta Bosmic Joyce Otim, the People Power mobiliser for Northern Uganda is one of the 104,467 candidates sitting the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education – UACE exams that began on Monday.  The local Afro-beat Popstar is writing his exams at Gulu Hall, …

Does Twerwaneko mean he will run against People Power in 2021? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Kizza Besigye’s recent launch of a national campaign dubbed Twerwaneko (Let’s defend ourselves) is being seen by some as a strategy for the veteran politician to launch himself right back into the political …

How Museveni escaped being bitten by Bobi Wine Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The loose coalition of opposition politicians, activists, and campaign strategists under the People Power umbrella entered Hoima district early to canvass support for the Forum for Deomcratic Change (FDC) candidate. They appeared in force and determined …

Why NRM should be worried and why the opposition needs to rethink their political strategy THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week, the NRM narrowly won the elections for women MP in Hoima district. According to results, NRM’s Harriet Businge got 33,000 votes (54%) against FDC’s Asinansi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A lawyer Ivan Bwowe has dragged government to the Civil Division of High Court for gazetting red berets as military attires. On September, 18th, 2019, the Government through the Minister of Defense Adolf Mwesige published in the National Gazette indicating that red berets, ankle …