The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The closure of schools has greatly contributed to the increased exposure of school land to grabbers. Schools were closed in March 2020 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a way to limit the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). …
Read More »Nancy Kalembe promises reparations for LRA war victims
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent Presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe has promised a comprehensive reparation program to survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA rebels atrocities. Kalembe, who, since Tuesday has been meeting small groups of people in Acholi to back up her bid for President in 2021 …
Read More »Tumukunde tells muslims to vote for change for better services
Moyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde has called on muslims to vote out Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for them to be able to see better services. Tumukunde says the muslim community in Uganda has been marginalized by the NRM government. He has stated that the …
Read More »NRM youth league members threaten to campaign for opposition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement – NRM Youth League members have vowed to shift their efforts and support opposition Presidential candidates if they are not granted autonomous mandate and resources for campaigns. The national youth league executives re-iterated their demand in a press release today in …
Read More »Sugar companies want parliament to intervene on deteriorating market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugar companies from Busoga sub-region are seeking Parliament’s intervention in the fight against ‘unfair’ competition from ‘sugar bonds’ which has frustrated local manufacturers. While meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga today, the managing directors of sugar companies revealed that sugar bonds which were earlier banned by President …
Read More »Mao rallies voters in Acholi region against tribalism
Nwoya, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate, Norbert Mao has rallied the people of Acholi region to avoid the politics of tribalism. Mao said that voters in Acholi Sub Region should not elect leaders based on their tribes and ethnicity, but rather their potentials and competence …
Read More »Opposition don’t have development agenda for Acholi region – NRM leaders
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM have warned the Acholi community on voting for the Opposition who don’t have any developmental agenda for them as a region. Hillary Onek, the Minister for Disaster Preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister says …
Read More »Museveni urges warring factions in Ethiopia to negotiate peace
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to negotiate with the Tigray regional government in order to restore peace in Ethiopia. Speaking today at Gulu State Lodge to a delegation headed …
Read More »Gen. Muntu cancels Kalangala campaign meeting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT presidential candidate, Gen. Gregg Mugisha Muntu postponed his planned campaign meeting in Kalangala citing transport complications. He, however, says the decision did not affect his planned campaign meetings in Kyotera and Rakai and those of Ssembabule, Bukomansimbi and Kalungu tomorrow. …
Read More »Over 50 NRM youth leaders blocked from meeting Museveni
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There was a bitter exchange at Muni University on Sunday between NRM youths, local leaders and security officers after some of them were turned away from meeting President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Museveni, had convened the meeting with over 300 NRM youth leaders to respond …
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