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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Afrobarometer pre-election survey of Uganda had indicated that John Katumba might perform best among the new crop of politicians that contested in the presidential election 2021. The Afrobarometer survey had among other findings indicated that 24 year-old Katumba was best known of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT& XINHUA | Reports from Uganda’s capital Kampala indicate government has switched back on the internet Monday, midday. However social media remains blocked, with access to it only through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Government had said they switched off social media and the internet, fearing …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vice President Edward Ssekandi and senior cabinet colleagues Amelia Kyambadde, Elliod Tumwesigye, Prof Ephraim Kamuntu and Vincent Sempijja are among up to 36 NRM bigwigs that lost MP elections on Thursday. Others kicked out by voters are: Dr Crispus Kiyonga, Ruth Nankabirwa, Saida Bumba, Chris …

📌 9th Reading of the provisional Uganda 2020 Presidential Election Results- 11.30 am local time ✳Registered Voters: 18,103,603 ✳Polling stations: 34,684 ✳Received 31,599 or 91.11% of the total number of polling stations UPDATE ✳ Museveni 5,562,141 (58.89) ✳ Kyagulanyi 3,263,309 (34.55%) ✳ Amuriat 310,753 (3.29%) ✳ Muntu 62,152 (0.66) ✳ …

📌 Results from 8,310 polling stations (23% of total) Museveni 1,536 205 votes 65.02%, Kyagulanyi 647,146 ✳ Museveni 62.7% ✳ Kyagulanyi 29.34% ✳ Kalembe 0.51% ✳ Katumba 0.38% ✳ Mwesigye 0.30% ✳ Mayambala 0.22% ✳ Amuriat 4.11% – 212,605 ✳ Muntu 0.66% – 32,339 ✳ Kabuleta 0.51% – 25,378 ✳ Mao 0.80% …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A nationwide shutdown of the internet did not stop Ugandans from turning up early and in numbers to vote. The internet was switched off at 8pm on Wednesday night. TV stations remain on, and most of them broadcast Ugandans lining to vote. NTV Uganda broadcast …

Rakai polling officials struggle to master Biometric Voter Verification System Rakai, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With just hours to the elections, several polling officials from different sub-counties in Rakai District say they didn’t fully understand how to use the Biometric Voter Verification System (BVVS) after a two-day’s training session they …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Military police commanded by Col Keith Katungi is taking over rooftops of major arcades across Kampala as part of the polling day security deployment plan. Col Katungi and Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Moses Kafeero informed traders about the deployment plan in a meeting held at …

Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Natalie E. Brown, the American Ambassador to Uganda has said the US has cancelled its Diplomatic observer mission for Uganda’s upcoming election scheduled for Jan. 14. “It is with profound disappointment that I announce the U.S. Mission in Uganda’s decision to cancel our diplomatic …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Godfrey Aine Kaguta aka Sodo has decided to pull out of the parliamentary contestant for Mawogola North Constituency. Sodo, a young brother to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, was one of the eight aspirants vying to replace the Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kahamba Kuteesa, who …