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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jinja, Uganda | URN | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has expanded its parliamentary presence in the Busoga sub-region, winning eight seats compared to just one in the previous term. The incumbent Jinja City Woman Member of Parliament, Manjeri Kyebakutika, had previously been the lone NUP MP from the sub-region. …
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Luwero, Uganda | URN | At least three people have died and 34 others arrested following night-long protests in Luwero Town Council after tensions erupted over the handling of election results. Police say the protests broke out on Thursday at around 7:00 p.m. after security personnel blocked voters from accessing …
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Pressure to deliver economic improvement for young people – and questions over his succession – will define the president’s seventh term if he wins as expected NEWS ANALYSIS | FERGUS KELL | Ugandans will go to the polls on Jan.15. Two weeks after election day will mark the 40th anniversary …
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Time to choose: continuity or change COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | When Ugandans go to the polls on Thursday, they will be voting under the watchful presence of the government, with army boots already visible on the streets of the capital, Kampala, a deployment security chiefs say …
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Globally, citizens often display their national flags at homes, offices, and public spaces as expressions of pride. Uganda is no exception COMMENT | JULIUS BUSINGE | As Uganda journeys toward the January 15 general elections, the national flag has once again taken centre stage in public debate—raising questions not only …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Scholars have defined political opportunism as aiming to increase one’s political influence at any price, or a political style that involves seizing every and any opportunity to extend political influence, whenever such opportunities arise. Typically, opportunist political behavior is criticized for being short-sighted or …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
