Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Incumbent Kawempe Division Mayor and National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Emmanuel Sserunjogi has retained his seat with an overwhelming win, polling 23,715 votes. Sserunjogi defeated his closest rival, Farouk Swimpo Bulime of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), who garnered 18,483 votes. Former Kawempe North Member of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Allan Bulamu has been declared the winner of the Kira Municipality mayoral election, amid fierce protests from opposition contenders who accused electoral officials of fraud. The declaration, made by the returning officer after a heated hour-long exchange followed by …
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34 years from Kampala to New York city mayor COVER STORY | JOSEPH WERE | The historic rise of Zohran Mamdani who was born in Kampala in 1991 to become the chief executive of the wealthiest and power-packed city in the world has excited Ugandans in the same way the rise …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has received 178 petitions arising from the recently concluded local government elections for party flag bearers for LC5 District Chairpersons and City Mayors. According to Enoch Barata, the Director of Legal Services at the NRM, July …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawrence Alionzi Dangote, a former Guild President of Makerere University, has won the hotly contested Arua City NRM Mayoral race. Alionzi defeated the incumbent Mayor, Sam Wadri Nyakua, with over 24,300 votes, while Isa Kato, the third candidate, polled 4,200 votes. The declaration of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission, Dr. Tanga Odoi, has issued a strong warning to candidates, registrars, and other electoral officials ahead of the party primaries for Local Council Five (LCV) chairpersons, municipal and city mayors scheduled for today. Odoi …
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BUCHAREST | Xinhua | Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest and an independent candidate, has won Romania’s presidential runoff election, defeating his rival George Simion, according to near-complete official results published Sunday night by the country’s Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP). Dan secured 54.17 percent of the vote, while Simion, leader …
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LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | As thousands of firefighters are battling the raging wildfires in Los Angeles County, politically-motivated finger-pointing has set in. More than 110,000 signatures have been gathered as of Sunday demanding the resignation of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. Started by a user identified as “Frustrated Californian,” …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal city council authorities are demanding the immediate transfer of the Resident City Commissioner, Hellen Kamwine, and her two deputies following a heated standoff between the mayor, Edson Asaba Ruyonga, and the Fort Portal City North Division Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Andrew …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded Hanipher Mpungu, the Kampala Central Deputy Mayor to Luzira Prison on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Mpungu appeared before the Nakawa Chief Magistrate Ritah Neumbe Kidasa on Wednesday. It is alleged that between May and …
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