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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have restricted the number of delegates to attend the Democratic Party-DP National Delegates Conference in Gulu. The two days Conference which is being hosted in Gulu at Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School starts on Saturday and ends on Sunday. Out of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Democratic Party (DP) President Norbert Mao has announced that the party will meet the nomination fees for all its flag bearers and also print campaign posters for them. But there is a catch. DP secretary general Gerald Siranda says that anybody who will be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Norbert Mao, the President of the Democratic Party has warned regional party leaders against forming alliances with former members who defected to other parties. At the beginning of this month, several DP members including 10 legislators defected to the National Unity Platform headed by Kyadondo …

Making sense of ‘crossing’ MPs Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Kyadondo East MP Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine was four years old when the current parliament system under President Yoweri Museveni’s government was set up in 1986. Now Bobi Wine appears set for a major role as …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Should Bobi Wine fear DP oldies? : Making sense of `crossing’ MPs THE LAST WORD Lessons from youth elections: Why the opposition in Uganda needs to take organisation and unity seriously if …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP President Norbert Mao has said although the party was saddened by the defection of 11 of its 15 Members of Parliament and other senior members to the National Unity Platform-NUP headed by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, they are working around the clock …

✳ Mathias Mpuuga from DP ✳ Joseph Ssewungu DP ✳ Medard Ssegona DP ✳ Betty Nambooze DP ✳ Moses Kasibante Ind ✳ Muwanga Kivumbi DP ✳ Allan Ssewanyana DP ✳ Ssempala Kigozi DP ✳ Ssentongo Robinah DP ✳ Veronica Namaganda DP ✳ Florence Namayanja DP Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) in Kasese district is stepping up its mobilization ahead of the 2021 general elections. Kasese was a stronghold of the Democratic Party in the 1960’s and 1980’s. But the support waned over the years and to date, DP’s presence in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Norbert Mao, the Democratic Party President has said that the DP-Block is dead and therefore can’t enter into any alliance with any political entity. DP-Block brings together three political parties and one pressure group whose founders have ever been part of the mother party. …

FALSE START FOR BOBI WINE: Can he pass the next two tests? Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Since he emerged as the head of the People Power pressure group in 2018, the Kyadondo East MP Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, has faced one critical test; whether he would …