Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions has filed new terrorism charges against eleven supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) who were previously arrested with materials for manufacturing improvised explosives in Kawempe and Matuga. The suspects are Abdul Katumba, a businessman from Nabweru North One …
Read More »QUORUM: KCCA Ordinary Council meeting flops
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ordinary Council sitting of the Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA, which was scheduled for Tuesday, failed to proceed due to the absence of the required quorum. According to the KCCA Act, a minimum of 27 councilors out of the 54 representatives of the people …
Read More »IPOD courts NUP, FDC ahead of new MoU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interparty Organization for Dialogue (IPOD) is the National Unity Platform-NUP and Forum for Democratic Change parties to join the dialogue. After securing parliamentary seats in the 2021 general elections, NUP was invited to join the IPOD but declined the offer, stating that the organization …
Read More »NUP asks EU ambassadors to gold gov’t accountable on aid
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP), has asked the European Union Ambassadors to hold the government accountable and closely monitor the aid being extended to the country. The call was made on Friday by the NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi during a meeting with EU Ambassadors at the …
Read More »Bobi Wine’s powers reduced as NUP amends its constitution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The powers of the leader of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine were reduced after the party amended its constitution. The party proposed two five-year term limits for all party leaders and flag bearers at all levels, including the party president. …
Read More »LOP promises no retributions if they assume power
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, has stated that they have no intention of seeking retribution against anyone if they assume power. Mpuuga, who is also the Member of Parliament for Nyendo-Mukungwe Division in Masaka and Deputy President of the National …
Read More »Prosecutors oppose bail application for 32 NUP supporters at Court Martial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prosecutors have again opposed a second bail application filed by 32 supporters of the National Unity Platform who are facing trial before the General Court Martial in Makindye on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition. The group is accused of having been found in …
Read More »NUP moves Makerere Primaries to party headquarters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) at Makerere University will hold their primaries at the party’s headquarters after being blocked from holding them within the university. The party is looking for its flag bearer for the guild elections slated for April 14, 2023, …
Read More »Opposition wants end to Uganda’s ‘winner takes all’ elections
Mpuuga: If we had proportional representation, the People’s Progressive Party [PPP] would have more than one Member of Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A shift from the current “winner-takes-it-all” system to proportional representation is part of the Opposition’s proposed package for constitutional and electoral reforms. According to the Leader …
Read More »LDC court grants bail to 10 women arrested on Women’s Day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ten women who were arrested for staging a protest on March 8th, 2023 as the world commemorated International Women’s Day 2023 are out on bail. The Law Development Center Grade One Magistrate, Martin Kirya granted the women cash bail of sh100,000 each while their sureties executed …
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