The Electoral Commission today confirmed all is set for residual elections of Local government councils May 31, 2016 in 109 districts. The commission has set aside sh5 billion to fund the elections. The chairperson Electoral Commission Badru Kiggundu released the approved programme on residual elections in May, starting with nominations …
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Sao Paulo, Brazil | AFP | Irate Brazilians found themselves without the popular WhatsApp smartphone messaging application for the second time in six months Monday, after a court blocked the service for 72 hours. A flurry of angry commentary immediately broke out online after a small-town judge blocked WhatsApp nationwide …
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Why leaders of poor countries are not as cruel and selfish as Western media portray them In a moment of madness, I toyed with the idea of running for president of Uganda. I had the hubris to imagine I am the guy who can solve its myriad problems because President …
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Kahinda Otafiire has said he will not miss having to buy coffins and paying school fees now that he is no longer MP. “I was an undertaker at every burial, a best-man at every wedding in my constituency. I Will Not Miss Parliament,” former Justice minister Otafiire told NBS TV. …
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INTERVIEW: Ingrid Turinawe on being fearless Ingrid Turinawe, the 42-year old secretary for mobilisation of the opposition Forum for Democratic (FDC) is renowned for her run-ins with police during protests. She told The Independent that she would rather die like a lion than live like a rat. Turinawe says her …
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Ingrid Turinawe, the 42-year old secretary for mobilisation of the opposition Forum for Democratic (FDC) is renowned for her run-ins with police during protests. She told The Independent that she would rather die like a lion than live like a rat. Turinawe says her fighting spirit stems from growing up …
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The Hague, Netherlands | AFP | The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court said Monday she was opening a preliminary probe into violence in Burundi, which has been engulfed in a deep political crisis for a year. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she had been following events closely since …
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As more parliamentary seats in Uganda fall under control of powerful families, calls grows for regulations When the 442 new MPs of the 10th parliament take oath from May 16 to 18, Uganda will witness a never before seen event; a father and son in the same parliament. The history-making …
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Paris, France | AFP | Tiny, oil-rich Equatorial Guinea goes to the polls Sunday in an election that is expected to return President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Africa’s longest-serving leader, for another seven years. Obiang came to power in a 1979 coup, ousting his own uncle, Francisco Macias Nguema, who was …
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Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | AFP | Africa’s longest-serving ruler, Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, looks set to win a fresh seven-year term Sunday that could also see him nail the all-time record for African leaders, living or dead. After almost 37 years at the helm of the tiny oil-rich …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price