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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Minister and Igara West Member of Parliament Raphael Magyezi will not seek re-election in the 2021 elections. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Saturday, Magyezi said he is taking a rest from elective politics after 10 years but could return in the …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Resident District Commissioners- RDCs from the Teso sub region have resigned to vie for different political positions in the 2021 elections. They include, George Edward Onya Akonopeesa of Kaberamaido and Kalaki who is challenging Charles Ilukor for Kumi County MP; Vincent Enomu, the deputy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from the Busoga sub-region have pledged to support the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga for the position of second national vice-chairperson of the National Resistance Movement- NRM party. Kadaga will contest for the position with the State Minister for Lands and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Lands and an aspirant for the second National Chairperson of the NRM, Persis Namuganza has said her focus will be on the welfare of women and youth in the party. Namuganza also the MP Bukono County faces Speaker of Parliament Rebecca …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have today shown support to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga as she contests for the position of Second National Chairperson of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Although Kadaga did not tell the MPs the purpose for the meeting at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasambya County MP Gaffa Mbwatekamwa is shifting his political base to Igara County West in Bushenyi district in a face off with Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi. The legislator who has represented Kasambya county in Mubende since 2016, was born and raised in Gongo …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been nominated NRM national chairman and presidential flag-bearer for the 2021 elections. Museveni, who is the Chairman of the ruling party, was confirmed by NRM Elections chief Dr Tanga Odoi, soon after he arrived NRM Secretariat for nomination just after 11am. “I …

Why Uganda’s pro-democracy activists get it wrong when they support radical extremist cults as alternatives to Museveni THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | In their misguided (even though, perhaps, well-intentioned) war against President Yoweri Museveni, many pro-democracy (but mostly pseudo-democracy) “activists” bring three fundamentally erroneous assumptions. First, that …

  Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tribal conflicts threaten the success of the National Resistance Movement –NRM Party primaries in Tororo district, eastern Uganda. The multi-ethnic district is currently has two offices for the NRM party, one for the people of Tororo county, majority of them with Teso lineage …

Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons seeking to contest for various political positions in Nakaseke district using the National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket are haunted by unfulfilled pledges made by the government over the years. According to the NRM roadmap, the election for village Special Interests Groups is scheduled to …