Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo, has protested the decision by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, to approve Anita Among for the position of Speaker. On Wednesday, the party’s top organ endorsed Among to replace Jacob Oulanyah …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked for a position statement from the government on the plight of Ugandans caught up in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Lwemiyaga County representative, Theodore Ssekikubo and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muwada Nkunyingi said several Ugandans are studying, working and living in …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sembabule district local government is seeking an out of court settlement in a protracted land dispute with the Buganda kingdom. Sembabule District Chairperson Patrick Nkalubo revealed this during the first meeting of the District Road Committee which convened in the district council hall on Wednesday. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed a 12% tax on internet data. The tax measure is contained in the Excise duty amendment bill 2021 that among other things has introduced a 100 shillings’ tax on every liter of fuel. The new tax proposals also repealed the daily 200 …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lwemiyaga County Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikubo is up in arm against the state for reinstating the charges of attempted murder and gun misuse against him, which he allegedly committed over a decade ago. In January last year, Ssekikubo was arrested on accusations of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A long list of unfulfilled campaign pledges and the brutal military-led operations against illegal fishing practices are bothering National Resistance Movement-NRM party campaign mobilizers in greater Masaka sub-region. The party mobilizers including NRM district and constituency chairpersons and candidates for different leadership positions from districts …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lwemiyaga county Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikubo has asked the Masaka Chief Magistrate’s court to dismiss his case of inciting violence. This is after the state prosecutor, Sheba Byakutaga asked Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yitesi for more time to present witnesses and Ssekikubo’s co-accused. …
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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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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Alliance for National Transformation [ANT] has said he is very disappointed that the National Resistance Movement [NRM] ‘rebel’ MPs have crawled back to the party. Muntu, a former commander of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bright Rwamirama, the State Minister in Charge of Animal Industry has intervened in a dispute on the enforcement of livestock quarantine in Sembabule district. Rwamirama and Dr Rose Ann Edmund, the Commissioner in Charge of Health and her Assistant, Doris Kiconco on Thursday were in …
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