Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Henry Nyanzi, a TikToker, has been released on police bond after issuing a public apology for defamatory remarks he made against former Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule, in a viral video. Nyanzi, who was arrested earlier this week, expressed deep remorse for his false statements and …
Read More »Minister orders arrest of security officers over assault of leaders in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal Affairs Minister Gen. Otafiire Kahinda has instructed the Kampala Metropolitan East Regional Police Commander Joab Wabwiire to arrest all officers who were involved in assaulting leaders in Mukono District. The directive follows a series of incidents through which area leaders were allegedly arrested and …
Read More »Museveni, Kibuule supporters in Mukono threatened over abducted persons
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the State Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule are living in fear following the threatening messages they are receiving from the friends and relatives of eleven abducted opposition supporters particularly from Mukono North constituency. …
Read More »Prosecute Minister Kibuule for using SFC to announce false results – Bakaluba
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Mukono North Member of Parliament, Rev. Peter Bakaluba Mukasa has put to task the government to have the State Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule investigated and prosecuted for using the Special Forces Command (SFC) officers to tarnish the image of the SFC as …
Read More »Bickering frustrates NRM joint campaigns in Mukono
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal disputes among the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidates in Mukono district have frustrated efforts for holding joint campaigns. Unlike the opposition candidates who are campaigning jointly, each NRM candidate is campaigning separately after a series of bickering and wrangles, some of which can …
Read More »Mukono politicians feud threatens NRM reconciliation process
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The dispute between the State Minister for Water Resources and Mukono North Member of Parliament Ronald Kibuule and Margret Nakavubu, the National Resistance Movement Mukono Woman parliamentary candidate is frustrating efforts to reconcile party members following the disputed primary elections. The feud between the …
Read More »NRM Primaries: 33 MPS go through unopposed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As members of the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM go to the polls today across the country to choose flag-bearers for Members of Parliament, at least 33 candidates are smiling as they have nobody challenging them. According to Dr. Tanga Odoi, the NRM Electoral …
Read More »Minister Kibuule’s domestic workers released on police bond
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have released the four suspects arrested after the death of Minister Ronald Kibuule’s children, who drowned in a swimming pool at his home in Mbalala, Mukono District. Deputy Kampala Metropolitan police spokesman Luke Owoyesigyire confirmed that the four domestic workers at the minister’s …
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