Tag Archives: NUP

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 …

Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has been challenged to consider conducting a public evaluation of the 2026 general elections, as a way of identifying weaknesses and developing better strategies for future polls. On January 15, the Electoral Commission conducted presidential and parliamentary elections, followed by local …

Wine has been in hiding since Museveni was declared the winner of the Jan. 15 presidential polls, with 71.6% of the vote, according to official results Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The armed men who forced their way into Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s house on Friday night wanted to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has, this time, almost shared the number of Kampala City Hall councillor positions with the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), following the 2026 local government elections. According to results declared by the District Electoral Commission, outcomes from the five …

Bugweri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has clinched two district leadership positions after its candidates were declared substantive LCV chairpersons for Bugweri and Iganga districts. In Bugweri District, Hamidu Kimark emerged victorious after polling 18,188 votes. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, Ibrahim Ndhoga, came …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Only four of the 16 incumbent Members of Parliament who changed political party allegiance ahead of the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections held last week have managed to retain their seats in parliament. Former Leader of the Opposition Betty Aol Ochan and Asinansi Nyakato who …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unofficial preliminary results from most centres across Kampala indicated that Ronald Nsubuga Balimwezo of NUP led at most of them and is set to win the Kampala mayoral race. Counting continued into the night, with official results expected to be released this morning. Many candidates …

Museveni bounces back with a decisive 71% victory, his highest since 1996, amid NUP’s protest vote COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | In his seventh election and at the ripe old age of 81 years, President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni appears to have set a new record in his 40-year …

Kampala, Uganda | URN |  The National Unity Platform has lost at least 23 parliamentary seats in the just-concluded general elections. All of these seats located in Buganda region have been won back by other the ruling National Resistance Movement which had lost them in the 2021 general elections, or independents …

Nakaseke, Uganda | URN | Police in Nakaseke District have arrested 50 supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) following violent protests over the parliamentary election results. The unrest followed the announcement on Friday night that Charles Nsereko Basajjassubi of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) had been elected MP for …