Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State Minister for Works Joy Kafura Kabatsi is struggling to attract National Resistance Movement-NRM party members in Sembabule district against the incumbent Lwemiyaga county MP Theodore Ssekikubo. Kabatsi who lost the party’s primaries to Sekikubo was nominated as an independent candidate on Thursday. However, she …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM party has for the second time postponed the primaries in Mawogola West and North in Sembabule district to September 30th 2020. The elections had earlier been scheduled for Monday. Addressing journalists on Sunday at the NRM party headquarters at Kyadondo, …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aspirants for the various local government leadership positions in Sembabule district are decrying the high costs associated with seeking nomination to contest for elective positions. The outcry comes as intending candidates for local government positions are returning nomination forms to the Electoral Commission seeking clearance …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two aspiring candidates have boycotted the National Resistance Movement -NRM residual primaries held today citing gross irregularities in the process. The NRM had planned to repeat primaries in four out of the nine villages in Sembabule town council and in two polling stations in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A speeding UPDF vehicle has knocked dead a 35-year-old in Sembabule district on Saturday. The accident occurred at Kyabi trading center along Sembabule – Maddu Gomba road in Sembabule district when a speeding truck registration number H4DF 2074 knocked dead a man identified as Robert …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement- NRM Electoral Commission officials in Sembabule district have found a hard time to present results from the parliamentary party primaries. Three top contenders for parliamentary party tickets in the district have rejected the poll results saying they are doctored. They are …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is heavy deployment of police and the army in Sembabule district ahead of tomorrow’s National Resistance Movement – NRM party primaries. Armed security personnel are already patrolling the different areas of Sembabule to avert any cases of violence. The Deputy Inspector General of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairman of the National Resistance Movement [NRM] Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi has announced the cancellation of elections in Mawogola West County, Sembabule district over violence. The NRM tomorrow is holding nationwide party primaries to choose candidates for district and other Parliamentary seats. …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sembabule district authorities have raised a red flag on the escalation of defilement cases registered during the lockdown. The district probation officer, Twaha Musooke says the vice is common in Luguslu, Ntusi, Lwemiyaga, and Matete sub counties among others. He cited Lugusulu sub county …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was an exchange between the State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza and the Sembabule district leaders over the ongoing construction on a disputed piece of land in the area. Namuganza went to Sembabule on Friday to arbitrate a dispute between Buganda Kingdom authorities in …
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