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Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sheikh Khabu Lule, the Khadi for Kabale, Rukiga and Rubanda Districts, has asked Ugandans to shun politics of identity based on religion and tribes in the coming elections. Uganda is set to hold general elections next year, and some religious leaders and politicians have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM Electoral Commission will issue voter location slips in the party primaries. According to the party’s Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr Tanga Odoi, the voter slips will help them organize a peaceful election free from masqueraders who have been interfering in the …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the National Resistance Movement (NRM) gears up for its internal elections ahead of the 2026 General Elections, the party’s National Vice Chairperson for Eastern Uganda, Mike Mukula, has called on delegates to elect experienced and loyal cadres who will steer the party through …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has rallied the people of Tooro to participate in next year’s general election and vote out President Yoweri Museveni and the NRM party. While addressing his supporters and party leaders in …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Jane Frances Abodo, has pledged to firmly prosecute electoral offenders ahead of Uganda’s upcoming general elections, regardless of their political affiliation. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 Annual Prosecutors Symposium in Kampala, Abodo assured that her office …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Minister of Finance Syda Bbumba has bounced back into active politics after being elected as the vice chairperson of the Nakaseke District NRM party. Bbumba, 73, served as Uganda’s Finance Minister from 2009 to 2011, Energy Minister from 2002 to 2006, and Minister …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have been heavily deployed at Kasana Playground in Luwero Town Council to maintain law and order at today’s elections for National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in the district. The NRM Electoral Commission postponed the elections in Greater Luwero from Friday, May 23rd, to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has nullified the election of Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi as the Member of Parliament for Kawempe North and ordered a fresh by-election. The ruling, delivered by Justice Bernard Namanya, followed a successful petition by Faridah Nambi Kigongo of the National …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has called on citizens to maintain calm, peace, and discipline as the country prepares for the 2026 general elections. Delivering a message during a community commemoration of the LRA massacre in Gulu district, Brig. Gen. Jackson Kayanja, Deputy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Tanga Odoi, the Electoral Commission Chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), has cautioned political actors within the party, including Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), to desist from meddling in the ongoing party elections across the country. District-level elections are scheduled for this …