Friday , March 29 2024
Home / Tag Archives: Kizza Besigye (page 2)

Tag Archives: Kizza Besigye

People say they voted Museveni, EC data shows he scored zero

  Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | George Kule was startled when a bunch of strange—journalists—arrived at his home around midday sometime early November asking why people in his village never voted the National Resistance Movement-NRM presidential candidate, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2016 presidential election.   Kule is the LCI chairman of …

Read More »

U.S ambassador criticizes Nicholas Opiyo’s arrest

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The United States (US) Mission has criticized the arrest of Human Rights Lawyer, Nicholas Opiyo and tasked the government to ensure his safety. Opio was picked was picked up by plain clothed security operative from a restaurant in Kamwokya on Tuesday where he was having …

Read More »

Bwerenga residents dispute 49% invalid votes registered in 2016 polls

Bwerenga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Half of the votes cast at Bwerenga (N-Z) Radio polling station in Kisubi Parish, Busiro South County in Wakiso District in the 2016 presidential elections were invalid.  According to the EC register, there were 734 registered voters at Bwerenga (N-Z) Radio polling station.  In the …

Read More »

Museveni warns retired generals against destabilizing Uganda

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  President Museveni was warned his former army comrades now in the presidential race not to risk and try to destabilize the county because they would regret their actions. The two, Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential flag bearer Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu and independent Lt …

Read More »

Lawyers seek to eject case seeking to block opposition pressure groups

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers representing Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi have asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition challenging the activities of People Power pressure group because it is overtaken by events. The lawyers led by Anthony Wameli made the plea after the conferencing of the case in …

Read More »

We will invoke Besigye’s plan ‘B’ if my vote is stolen-Amuriat

Mbale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, says he will not hesitate to invoke the plan “B” by his predecessor, Dr. Kizza Besigye” should his vote be tampered with.  The four-time presidential candidate has repeatedly vowed to use plan B to oust …

Read More »

We have disappointed Ugandans, says FDC founder member

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  One of the founding members of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has confessed that they have disappointed Ugandans who anticipated democratic change of regime after formation of the opposition political party. Regan Okumu, who is also the Aswa County Member of Parliament in Gulu …

Read More »

Court reinstates Besigye’s petition against preventive arrest

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional Court Justices have reinstated a petition in which Dr Kizza Besigye wanted a charge of preventive arrest repealed from the Police Act. The five-member panel of Justices led by Fredrick Egonda-Ntende on Thursday reinstated the nine-year-old petition which they had dismissed two weeks …

Read More »