Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Boxer Robert Mukasa alias Soja-man is nursing serious injuries at Lincoln Clinic in Bwaise after being tortured by his abductors. Unidentified people reportedly kidnapped the boxer from Bugalani Zone, Bwaise III in Kawempe Division on Tuesday night last week when his coach Zebra Senyange …
Read More »Museveni assures NRM supporters of security
Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reassured supporters of the National Resistance Movement-NRM of security. Addressing voters in Wakiso and Kampala on radio and TV on Tuesday night, Museveni said that he had received information that some NRM flag bearers and supporters have received death threats. Museveni …
Read More »Mityana residents ask Mugisha Muntu to form an Alliance with Kyagulanyi
Mityana, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mityana and Kassanda districts have tasked the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Presidential candidate Rtd. Gen. Greg Mugisha Muntu to form an alliance with National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and defeat President Museveni. The voters at Zigoti, Kabule, Mityana town …
Read More »Mao calls for peaceful transition of power
Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP Presidential candidate Nobert Mao has asked Ugandans to join the struggle for a peaceful change of government. Mao who was on Sunday campaigning in Rakai and Kyotera districts said that Ugandans should emulate other East African countries which include Kenya, Burundi and …
Read More »Gomba residents brave teargas, live bullets to receive their son Kyagulanyi
Gomba, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | What should have been a gloriously emotional homecoming for Robert Kyagulanyi instead turned into tough battles to break through several blockades by police and the military bent on denying him access to his ancestral home in Gomba district. Hundreds of Gomba residents have braved tear …
Read More »Mbale district LC V candidate withdraws from race
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Samuel Makhonje has dropped from the Mbale District LC V chairperson’s race in favour of his National Resistance Movement-NRM party rival, Apollo Masika Watenyeli “I have stepped down in favour of the flag bearer Mr. Watenyeli Masika Apollo and I am mobilizing votes for …
Read More »Opposition describe as ‘unfortunate’ calls by religious leaders to postpone elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several opposition politicians have criticized the Uganda Joint Christian Council-UJCC for calling for the suspension of the January polls and extension of President, Yoweri Museveni’s rule for three years. The Kampala Archbishop Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga made the statement while delivering a Christmas message on …
Read More »Namayingo fishermen want FPU disbanded over human rights violations
Namayingo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Lolwe and Sigulu islands in Namayingo want the UPDF leadership to disband the Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU for alleged gross human rights violations. This came up during a public meeting alias Baraza organised by the Chief of Staff of Land Forces Maj. Gen. Leopold …
Read More »Kyagulanyi accuses Museveni and his brother Sodo over Mubende gold mines
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has declared that his campaign is now being run guerrilla style. Kyagulanyi who drove for over 30km from Mubende town on a bad road to Kasambya where he addressed his supporters for only five minutes and continued …
Read More »UPDF conducting own investigations into November riot killings
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to understand who shot and killed 54 people during the sporadic protests that followed the arrest of presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, Uganda People Defence Forces –UPDF is also conducting own investigations. Protests which in some areas turned into …
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