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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An NRM village chairperson who was relieved of a yellow bicycle for allegedly supporting opposition candidates in Kitgum district has found new wheels thanks to Okin P.P Ojara, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidate in Chua West constituency. Yusuf Onyee, the NRM chairperson for Obem …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasese district on Tuesday blocked Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi from campaigning in the district. In December, the Electoral Commission banned political campaigns in Kasese and other 15 districts due to the surging Covid-19 infections exacerbated by mass …

Rujumbura, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Over 150 National Resistance Movement card holders in Kanyankyende parish, Bugangari sub- County in Rukungiri district have defected to the opposition Forum for Democratic Change. The defectors, came from all 6 cells of Kanyankende parish and  they all handed over their party cards to the …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | At least 178 people were killed in the eight districts of Acholi region in 2020, the highest deaths recorded in a single year. Of those, 18 included juveniles.      Statistics compiled by URN on the basis of data shared by Aswa Region Police for …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Five Buganda districts—Wakiso, Luweero, Masaka, Butambala and Kampala—are among districts that have had a substantial percentage increase in the number of new voters, analysis of Electoral Commission voter data reveals. And experts mostly attribute this to Buganda’s strategic location. Napak is number one in terms …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lack of information is affecting the compensation of Lango war claimants. It was discovered that most people eligible for compensation were not aware while others were deliberately left out by the people involved in the process.  This was revealed during a sensitization meeting for District …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat Oboi outwitted security to campaign in Rukungiri district in the middle of the night.    Amuriat has scheduled to campaign in Kabale and Rukungiri districts as compensation for the time between December 29 and 30, 2020 when …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mukono district have criticized the Electoral Commission-EC for the delayed issuance of voter location slips in the area.  To help voters locate their polling stations, the Electoral Commission-EC embarked on the countrywide distribution of the Voter Location Slips to every registered voter late …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | As the Ministry of Education and Sports prepares for full reopening of education institutions, school inspectors say it will be impossible to reopen for all classes if the two-metre class social distance rule is not dropped.     In October last year, the government developed Guidelines …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Intensive Care Units in the country are not up and running as intended due to a lack of staff to operationalise the specialised wards. According to hospital administrators that URN spoke to, most regional referral ICUs in the country are not working due to a …