Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting in the Dokolo Woman MP by-elections kicked off this morning amidst the late arrival of voters. At most of the polling stations visited by our reporters, voting started after 7:30 am due to the delayed turnup of voters to witness the opening of the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mityana Woman Member of Parliament Joyce Bagala has retained her parliamentary seat after the Court of Appeal dismissed a High Court decision that had nullified her election. Bagala, a candidate of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) won the January 14, 2021 polls with a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyotera district Woman Member of Parliament, Robinah Ssentongo Nakasirye is dead. Nakasirye breathed her last at the Aga Khan Hospital in Kenya’s capital Nairobi this morning. The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga announced the death of the legislator during plenary, saying she had …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has ordered a fresh tally of the primary election results for the Kayunga district Woman National Resistance Movement-NRM parliamentary candidate. Justice David Batema issued the order following a successful application by Jackline Birungi Kobusingye challenging the declaration of her rival, Agatha Nalubwama as …
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By The Independent Team Adam Kalungi, the prime suspect in the death of the late Butaleja woman MP, Cerinah Nebanda, has been convicted of manslaughter on grounds that he was negligent and never took Nebanda to hospital in time. The Makindye Chief Magistrate’s court, however, acquitted Kalungi on the other …
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By Julius Odeke As the people of Butaleja district are soon going to polls to elect their woman MP, following the sudden death of Cerinah Nebanda. Its no longer a rumour that the late’s sister is going to contest. In an interview with Nebanda’s mother while in Tororo High Court …
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By Aloysious Kasoma Parliament will today holds a special session to pay tribute to the late Butaleja district Woman MP Cerinah Nebanda who died Friday evening. Helen Kawesa the public relations manager announced earlier that the fallen legislator’s body would arrive at Parliament at 10:00am for public viewing followed by …
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