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Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change –FDC party leaders and candidates in Kasese District have protested the suspension of mass political campaign activities in the district.  On Saturday, the EC suspended campaign meetings of all categories of elections in 16 districts and cities in the country due …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Medical workers are calling for the revision of the screening protocol for COVID-19. They want the health ministry to remove screening for temperature. According to the medics, high temperature should not be the most relied upon symptom of COVID-19 because the majority of COIVD-19 positive …

Lwengo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Retired Lieutenant General Henry Tumukunde Kakurugu has asked opposition supporters to form a joint votes protection taskforce to fail any attempts of rigging in the forthcoming general election. Tumukunde says in the previous elections, the opposition had few candidates who could hardly deploy …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party has suspended its campaigns in the Eastern region after Patrick Amurait, the party’s presidential candidate was hospitalized.  Amurait was admitted at Bugiri hospital on Monday after he was pepper-sprayed by police.  He was heading to Tororo district through …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) has cancelled the 2021 Presidential debate. The debate was originally scheduled for 3rd and 4th January 2021. Last month, IRCU postponed the debates citing lack of funds and the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, Joshua Kitakule, the Secretary-General IRCU says that …

Kalungu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP has rejected the police’s report on the death of one of the body guards to presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.   Francis Ssentaza Kalibbala, died on Sunday after he was allegedly involved in an accident at Busega roundabout while escorting an ambulance …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Senior officials of the World Health Organisation have warned that  there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.  In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The government has told High Court in Kampala that the Forum for Democratic Change -FDC party coordinator for Greater Masaka Region Justin Juuko was remanded after being charged with treachery. Juuko, also known as “The Ugandan destroyer,” was arrested on December 12 from Kyazanga and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The power distribution company, Umeme Ltd, is hopeful that the electricity connection policy suspended earlier this month could be restored between June 2021 and June 2022, but this will depend on the success of the current efforts to get funding. The free connection policy, launched …

Mpigi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Rival supporters of candidates for the Mawokota South parliamentary seat have clashed.  Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)’s Yusuf Nsibambi and Independent candidate Joseph Kiyingi Bbosa’s supporters clashed on Monday at Jalia City in Buwama town council. Three supporters of Bbosa who include Fred Kayongo, Brian …