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Oyam, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Electoral Commission Dr. Tanga Odoi has warned aspirants contesting to hold the party flag in Oyam North against hiding voters. The party is set to elect its flag bearer ahead of the by-election slated on July …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are fears that the concluded primaries in which the Democratic Party’s Secretary-General Gerald Siranda was elected as the party’s flag bearer for the East African Legislative Assembly-EALA could split the party. Richard Ssebamala, the DP deputy in charge of diaspora affairs and MP for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The high number of independent candidates in Manafwa and Bududa districts has raised concern among National Resistance Movement-NRM party officials. According to the local party officials, almost all those who lost in the NRM primaries have bounced back as independents. The party officials say …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The postponement of the ruling by the NRM elections tribunal for the Rubanda East County NRM party flag bearer has angered residents. The NRM’s elections dispute tribunal on Monday adjourned the ruling between the incumbent Henry Ariganyira Musasizi and the incumbent Rubanda district chairman Kenneth …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the voting by lining up used in the NRM Primaries, saying it has resolved the issue of cheating and bribery in his party. “The cheating in the NRM Primaries is over,” he declared. He said the process makes it …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has backed NRM electoral commission head Dr Tanga Odoi’s strong stance against manipulation of results from the national primaries held on Friday. The NRM electoral chief has postponed several contests across the country due to violence and suspended some results after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY NRM Primaries challenge Museveni: Why experts say violence points to 2021 THE LAST WORD Uganda’s elite crisis: Why Dr. Kizza Besigye is right to say elites in Uganda are the most useless class …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There were chaotic scenes at the NRM Electoral Commission in Kampala early today as police battled with a candidate who wanted his opponent’s candidature cancelled. Charles Ocaya, a candidate in the NRM primaries for Chwa West constituency in Kitgum district was forcefully evicted from …

Kyenjojo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of National Resistance Movement –NRM in Kyenjojo district on Wednesday afternoon stormed the office of the Resident District Commissioner Apollo Bwebale after they found their names missing from the voters registers. This followed the display of the registers at the different polling stations …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM Electoral Commission has halted the party primaries for the Hoima Woman Parliamentary race. The chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi told URN this morning that the elections were halted after sparks of violence between supporters of the …