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 Can Lt. Col. Nakalema do it? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | For almost two years now since she was appointed to head the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema has been a busy woman crisscrossing the country in her fight against corrupt public officials. Nakalema, who was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party flag bearer for Napore West constituency, Karenga district has challenged the nomination of Fidelis Loluk Logwe, an independent candidate over his criminal record. The Anti-Corruption Court in 2014 indicted Loluk for corruption and abuse of office while he was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two independent candidates have withdrawn from the parliamentary race in Bunyangabu district. Elizabeth Nikuze and Dr Vincent Womujuni, who are NRM leaning quit the races after a harmonisation meeting that brought together all the top party members in the district including the flag bearers. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement party leaders from Bugisu sub-region have handed a written petition to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga demanding for creation of more administrative units to extend services nearer to their people. In the document which they handed to Kadaga during a Bugisu region NRM party …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | William Musisi, the first opposition candidate for the Nakaseke LCV chairperson seat is facing an uphill task to make inroads in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party stronghold. Musisi who is running on the National Unity Platform-NUP ticket seeks to unseat the incumbent LCV chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform- NUP party has replaced Wycliffe Sanya Odwori, the Bukedi regional coordinator who defected to the National Resistance Movement- NRM party. Sanya crossed to the ruling party on Monday and was received by the State Minister for East African Affairs Julius …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party in Mukono have disagreed on charges for members seeking to record music at the party studio set up in Mukono municipality. The studio known as M-records was set up at the beginning of this month in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A day after Uganda Police apologized for teargassing senior Buganda Kingdom and Catholic church personalities in Mityana over the weekend, a senior official of the ruling National Resistance Movement who is also a government minister has vehemently condemned acts of the security forces against …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the government to explain the modalities used to distribute the 15 billion Shillings given to political parties with representation in Parliament. The Electoral Commission received 15 billion Shillings last week to cover facilitation for quarter one and  quarter two activities by the …

NRM set to take Shs12 bn of released Shs15 bn Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | After two years of waiting the Government of Uganda has finally released Shs15 billion to the Electoral Commission for funding political parties. The money goes political parties with representation in parliament parties. They …