VIDEO: Besigye says hacking claims in Kenya election can not be ignored Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | As Kenyans await the final results of the presidential election and the results of other positions, Ugandan opposition politicians say what is happening in Kenya, where their colleagues have claimed malpractices, was expected. …
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Inside Museveni’s life presidency project | Exposing faces behind campaign to lift age-limit Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Members of President Yoweri Museveni’s inner circle know something is serious if Lt. Col Michael Katungi is involved. He is a very quiet officer who likes to keep a low profile but …
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INTERVIEW: Justice Mike Chibita is the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). He spoke to Ian Katusiime on July 14 about the prosecutors strike and other issues. In October, you are making four years in office, what would you cite as your three major achievements? Number one, we decentralised and created …
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VIDEO: Besigye should not criticise Age Limit debate, says Otafiire Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV UGANDA| The Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Gen Kahinda Otafiire has accused opposition politician Dr. Kiiza Besigye of spearheading the initial constitutional amendments which paved way for the lifting of the presidential term limits. Otafirie now wonders …
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FDC elders advise Muntu to leave FDC for Besigye, explain alternative plans for him for 2021 Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In a radical proposal, some supporters of FDC Party President Mugisha Muntu say he should withdraw from contesting for re-election as party president. They argue that freeing himself …
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Why Museveni is most likely going to succeed in amending the constitution to remove the age limit The Last Word | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Uganda is entering a major political battle that will show us the balance of political forces between President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents. A section …
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In The Independent this week: COVER STORY Elders advise Muntu to leave FDC over Besigye: FDC elders explain alternative plans for him for 2021. THE LAST WORD Too much ado over nothing: Why Museveni is most likely going to succeed in amending the constitution to remove the age limit. …
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Ssebaana Kizito: Born at right time, dead at wrong time Kampala, Uganda | ANDREW S. KAGGWA | THE political will he left for the country may have been contained in one of the last interviews he gave to a local TV station a few weeks before his death. “Leaders should …
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Bobi Wine’s win; whose victory is it? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | The man standing on top the cream SUV, surrounded by a shouting crowd of excited supporters was wearing a sky-blue slim-cut suit of the type that was trending until recently. He matched it with a slim- tie …
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Defiant members plot to oust party president Kampala, Uganda |Agather Atuhaire| It appears nothing and nobody is these days simple or innocent in Uganda’s biggest party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). But it is a reality that the leaders; from Party President Mugisha Muntu to Secretary General Nandala Mafabi …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
