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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum For Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has asked residents of Nakaseke district to vote President Yoweri out of power for neglecting the area despite of their contribution to the war that brought him to power. Nakaseke districts was the epicentre of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has unveiled an app, the You Vote to monitor election results across the country. Kyagulanyi says that the application will help them in ensuring that they tighten every noose that can be used to rig votes. He …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised to end brutality against fishermen. He also said that he will hand over management of Lake Kyoga to residents of Nakasongola district. Recently government lifted the fishing ban on Lake Kyoga exciting fishermen …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three days after newly re-appointed Special Forces Commander Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba deleted tweets considered by many Ugandans to promote tribalism, he is back on the twitter offensive against NUP Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Muhoozi has this morning ‘fired three shots’ …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in the Kigezi sub-region want the on-going wetland demarcation exercise halted. In October, the Ministry of Water and Environment started demarcating wetlands and rivers in the region. Some of the wetlands include Ekona in Maziba sub-county, Nyakahita in Kabale municipality, Rufuha, and Kabasheshe in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) will project results on screens at districts tally centres to enable candidates agents to see if the data on record corresponds with what features on their declaration forms. The district tally centre is the most important stage in the tallying process …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate John Katumba on Saturday stormed Kalangala central police station to visit the 37 supporters of National Unity Platform- NUP. They are among the 94 who were arrested on Wednesday on the campaign trail of NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. 57 other supporters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Rwenzori region is holding 132 people in custody for defying curfew guidelines during the New Years Day celebrations. Uganda is maintaining a nighttime curfew which starts from 9 pm to 5:30 am as one of the measures to control the movement of people …

Rukungiri, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | More than 50 houses have been submerged in Rweshama landing site on Lake Edward, Rukungiri district. This is after the overflowing of rivers Nchweera and Ntungwa in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Isaac Tinyinekabi, the Bwambara sub-county councillor representing Rweshama parish attributed the overflow of the …

Karamoja, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | A group of elders from Karamoja, Turkana and Pokot in Kenya have asked the leaders in Uganda and Kenya to jointly deploy security personnel along the cattle theft corridors to end cross border theft between the two countries.  The elders who double as cross border peace actors made the …