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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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Joint Security Taskforce has warned candidates and their supporters not to involve themselves in violence ahead of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries on Friday. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Polly Namaye, the Deputy Police Spokesperson said that the joint …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Samuel Otaala, the National Resistance Movement-NRM aspirant for Serere County MP is nursing injuries after he was beaten by supporters of his rival, Patrick Okabe, the incumbent MP. The incident happened on Tuesday night around 8:30 pm near Otaala’s residence in Ojama trading center …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission has said that candidates involved in election violence risk being disqualified from the party primaries. Speaking to journalists at the NRM Electoral Commission at Plot 13 Kyadondo road in Kampala on Tuesday, Odoi said …
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United Nations | XINHUA | Disruptions to services for preventing and responding to violence in the home, due to the global pandemic, has left children in more than 100 countries vulnerable to exploitation and abuse, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The UN agency’s “Socio-economic Impact Survey …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) office in Uganda has called for an end to injustice and impunity against victims of gender-based violence. It says Female Genital Mutilation and child marriage bring consequences that violate basic rights of women and girls. UNFPA representative in Uganda, …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | XINHUA | The Ethiopian government on Wednesday restored partial access to the internet after a total shutdown since June 29 following deadly unrest that erupted in the capital Addis Ababa and other parts of the country killing at least 166 people. Deadly protests erupted in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | Prossy Nansubuga | Makindye West Member of Parliament Allan Ssewanyana has been arrested allegedly on counts of inciting violence in Munyonyo. Reports indicate that the MP was found by police protesting with other locals against the demolition of their market at Kyengeza. The market has been demolished by …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security teams forces in Kasese District have asked the government to expedite the closure of internally displaced people’s camps in the area as cases of violence emerge. Up to 4,000 people are still trapped in camps after floods which devastated the district in May. The …
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