Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has urged members of the 11th Parliament to ensure that debate in the house is evidence-based rather than speculation. Oulanyah was today opening the three day orientation exercise for the 529 members of Parliament. The …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Why the Electoral Commission has suspended campaigns in COVID-19 high risk districts
📌 Museveni was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Wakiso Dec 30 – Kampala Jan 12 – Kampala 📌 Tumukunde was due to campaign in: Dec 29 – Masaka Jan 6 – Jinja Jan 8 – Busiro & Nansana, Kampala Jan 9 – Kawempe & Rubaga, Kampala Jan 9 …
Read More »DP’s Ssegona, Bwanika to endorse Bobi Wine
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the rival Democratic party-DP faction under their National Chairperson Matia Lwanga Bwanika have endorsed the People Power leader Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine as their 2021 election presidential candidate. The group Secretary General, Medard Lubega Ssegona disclosed this in a telephone interview …
Read More »Unseen victims of death penalty
Children with parents on death row cry over stigma, suffering Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | “Dear H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, we the children of parents who are on death row, we are on our knees requesting you to abolish the death penalty, because if they kill our parents, …
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Besigye, Muntu, Mao teams react Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s newest party, the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) likes to be known as the quiet, peace-loving party. It is an image the mirrors the personality of its two most prominent leaders; its founder, Maj. Gen.(Rtd) Mugisha Muntu and …
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