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24 Jan '26
NRM has emerged dominant in Lango local council elections, winning key districts including Lira City, Apac, Kole, Kwania and Dokolo as voters signal a shift toward performance-based politics.NRM candidates secured major victories in Lango sub-region local council elections.Lango Sub
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23 Jan '26
The just-concluded district local government elections have delivered a mixed verdict for incumbents, returning political veterans, and first-time challengers, with voters in several districts opting for change while others reaffirmed familiar leadership. An empty polling stationThe
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23 Jan '26
polling official under the watch of police inserts holes on the edges of the plastic buckets to allow fitting of security seals in Gulu cityGulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Polling at Limu Medical Flats Polling Station (OI-LZ) in Laroo-Pece Division, Gulu City, was thrown into chaos on Thu
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23 Jan '26
National Unity Platform candidate Ronald Balimwezo, left, and incumbent Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago of the People’s Front for Freedom are the front-runners in the Kampala mayoral race. Preliminary results from Thursday’s election show Balimwezo leading in several key divisions.KAMPALA, Ug
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19 Jan '26
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has recorded a strong performance in the Lango sub-region, emerging as the dominant political force following the recent parliamentary elections. Results from across the region show that NRM candidates, together with a few from UPC and independents, claimed
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19 Jan '26
Museveni receiving the presidential results from the NRM leadership on Sunday in RwakituraRWAKITURA, Uganda — President Museveni addressed the deadly Butambala incident on Sunday while receiving the official declaration of the presidential election results at his country home in Rwakitur
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12 Jan '26
A 42-year-old Local Council (LC) chairperson in Rukungiri District has been arrested for allegedly defacing campaign posters of the Minister for Security and incumbent Rujumbura County Member of Parliament, Rt. Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi Katugugu.The Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson, Elly Ma
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09 Jan '26
In the video, Musana warned President Museveni to “pack all [his] belongings and find [his] way out”, adding that the bullets the President “brags about” could also reach him.A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a TikTok video circulated online in which he allegedly issued thr
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08 Jan '26
KAMPALA, UGANDA — Gunfire rang out in Kiwatule, a Kampala suburb, on Tuesday night as police responded to a spate of aggravated robberies targeting residents in Nakawa Division, authorities said.According to a statement from the Kampala Metropolitan Police, three robberies were reported
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06 Jan '26
Police in Kajjansi have launched a manhunt for a boda boda rider suspected of killing his girlfriend, following an incident reported at Bwebajja Police Post on January 2.The deceased has been identified as Halima Nampera, a 38-year-old businesswoman and resident of Kasenge, Entebbe Municip