Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Nakasongola, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The brutal operations against Illegal fishing on Lake Kyoga have dented support for National Resistance Movement- NRM party Presidential candidate and other party candidates in Nakasongola district. In 2017, President Yoweri Museveni deployed soldiers under the Fisheries Protection Unit on Lake Kyoga to combat illegal …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | In a bid to establish which soldiers and policemen killed people during last month’s protests in greater Kampala, ballistic experts have started picking guns from security officers for examination. Protests that followed the arrest of National Unity Platform –NUP presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Male Mabirizi has asked the East African Court of Justice to Compensate the families of people who lost their loved ones during the November 2020 riots across the country. The riots which took place between November 18th and 23rd 2020 started immediately after …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Naming and shaming the perpetrators of environmental degradation is the only way for National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) and National Forestry Authority (NFA) to control the rate at which natural resources are getting depleted, the Wakiso LC5 chairperson has said. Matiya Lwanga Bwanika says that …

Wakiso, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate Gen. Mugisha Muntu has called upon members of the National Resistence Movement (NRM) to join other Ugandans and retire President Yoweri Museveni peacefully if they still love their country. Muntu said that the country is currently on high …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police and military forces have sealed off streets in Busia town ahead of national resistance movement-NRM party presidential candidate president Yoweri Museveni’s campaign meeting. President Museveni who is conducting his campaign in Bukedi region, has this morning started in Manafwa district. He is expected to …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Ninety-three people have tested positive to COVID-19 in Teso Sub Region. This is after they were subjected to a mandatory test as a condition to attend President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign rallies in the region. President Museveni started his campaigns in the area on Saturday by …

Nakaseke, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Democratic Party Presidential Candidate Nobert Mao says that 2021 General Elections are about the desire for change not promises. While campaigning in Luwero district recently, National Resistance Movement Presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni told residents about what his government has achieved in the last 34 …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent Presidential Candidate Nancy Kalembe has asked women to speak out against the brutality of unarmed civilians.  Kalembe who was canvassing for votes in Teso Sub Region on Friday called upon mothers to take part in non-violent protests to demand justice and a free and …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has unexpectedly showed up in the streets of Kitgum municipality leading to a cat and mouse game with the police. It came after police blocked him from accessing Kitgum Municipality to avoid collision with the …