Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Masaka, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Two separate zoom conference meetings for National Resistance Movement-NRM mobilizers in greater Masaka sub region ended in chaos on Tuesday evening after participants started fighting for transport allowance.    The meeting that involved different categories of people including the business community; leaders of Boda boda group …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Force –UPDF has prepared 13,000 personnel to monitor next week’s presidential and parliamentary elections. A security source said the UPDF leadership had resolved to deploy 6,000 soldiers in Kampala while the rest will be deployed in other major towns. These are …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Boxer Robert Mukasa alias Soja-man is nursing serious injuries at Lincoln Clinic in Bwaise after being tortured by his abductors.   Unidentified people reportedly kidnapped the boxer from Bugalani Zone, Bwaise III in Kawempe Division on Tuesday night last week when his coach Zebra Senyange …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reassured supporters of the National Resistance Movement-NRM of security. Addressing voters in Wakiso and Kampala on radio and TV on Tuesday night, Museveni said that he had received information that some NRM flag bearers and supporters have received death threats. Museveni …

Mityana, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mityana and Kassanda districts have tasked the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Presidential candidate Rtd. Gen. Greg Mugisha Muntu to form an alliance with National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and defeat President Museveni.  The voters at Zigoti, Kabule, Mityana town …

Kyotera, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP Presidential candidate Nobert Mao has asked Ugandans to join the struggle for a peaceful change of government.  Mao who was on Sunday campaigning in Rakai and Kyotera districts said that Ugandans should emulate other East African countries which include Kenya, Burundi and …

Gomba, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | What should have been a gloriously emotional homecoming for Robert Kyagulanyi instead turned into tough battles to break through several blockades by police and the military bent on denying him access to his ancestral home in Gomba district. Hundreds of Gomba residents have braved tear …

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Samuel Makhonje has dropped from the Mbale District LC V chairperson’s race in favour of his National Resistance Movement-NRM party rival, Apollo Masika Watenyeli “I have stepped down in favour of the flag bearer Mr. Watenyeli Masika Apollo and I am mobilizing votes for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Several opposition politicians have criticized the Uganda Joint Christian Council-UJCC for calling for the suspension of the January polls and extension of President, Yoweri Museveni’s rule for three years.  The Kampala Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga made the statement while delivering a Christmas message on …

Namayingo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Lolwe and Sigulu islands in Namayingo want the UPDF leadership to disband the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU for alleged gross human rights violations.  This came up during a public meeting alias Baraza organised by the Chief of Staff of Land Forces Maj. Gen. Leopold …