Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday grilled Swaib Balaba, Kisoro district Chief Administrative Officer over the sorry state of roads in the district. Museveni was in Kisoro to campaign for Rose Kabagyeni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for Kisoro District Woman Member …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Museveni to probe vote rigging claims in NRM primaries
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has promised to investigate vote rigging claims in the recently concluded National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament. Rose Kabagyeni was declared the flag bearer by the NRM electoral commission, Tang Odoi after garnering 3,9941 …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-Election: 2 nominated on day one
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two candidates have been nominated for the Kisoro Woman MP by-election on day one. They are Rose Kabagyeni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidate and Musanase Juliet, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party candidate under the Najjanankumbi faction. Kabagyeni was nominated on Wednesday …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Election of UPC flag bearer flops
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Election of a Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party flag bearer to contest for Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament on Tuesday flopped after candidates clashed over the voting method and presence of ineligible voters. UPC party supporters converged at Bamboo Gardens in Kisoro municipality …
Read More »Rose Kabagyeni declared as NRM flag bearer in the Kisoro Woman MP race
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rose Kabagyeni has won the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for the Kisoro Woman MP race. Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture was announced winner with 39,941 votes. Her closest rival Grace Ngabirano Akifeza got 39197 votes. Irene Mahirwe got 1729, Brenda Fancy Nirere …
Read More »Kisoro Woman MP By-election: Low turn up in NRM Primaries
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The election of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer for Kisoro District Woman MP race is ongoing amidst a low turnout of voters. The candidates include are Rose Kabagyeni, the Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture, Brenda Fancy Nirere, Grace Ngabirano Akifeza, Hellen Mbonye, …
Read More »NRM campaigns for Kisoro Woman MP by-election halted
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s joint campaigns of candidates contesting for the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament seat have been halted. 13 candidates are contesting to hold the party flag. They include; Akifeza Grace Ngabirano, Sylvia Dushime Agaba, Winfred Faith Igiraneze, Jemimah Irankunda, …
Read More »NRM clears Fancy Nirere for Kisoro District Woman MP primaries
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Fancy Nirere has been dully cleared by Tanga Odoi, chairman the NRM Electoral Commission to contest for Kisoro District Woman MP in the forthcoming party primaries ahead of the 2024-2026 by-elections. “The aspirant satisfied the EC with the requirements needed. The NRM …
Read More »Real estate mogul Fancy Nirere to gun for Kisoro Woman MP seat in by-election
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bold move signaling a new chapter for Kisoro District, youthful city real estate mogul and businesswoman Fancy Nirere has declared her candidacy to replace the late State Minister for Defence and Veteran Affairs Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke, in the forthcoming Kisoro Woman Member …
Read More »Kisoro to name stadium after the late Sarah Mateke
Kisoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kisoro district councillors have unanimously passed a motion to name the proposed Shaza stadium after the late Sarah Mateke Nyirabashitsi, State Minister for Defense and Veteran Affairs. The resolution was passed on Wednesday during a joint special council meeting held at Nyirabashitsi’s ancestral home …
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