RUKUNGIRI, Uganda — Police in Rukungiri District are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22-year-old man identified as Crispus Nuwamanya, a resident of Kayaga Cell in Kakindo Parish, Bugangari Sub-county.According to the Kigezi Regional Police Spokesperson Elly Maa
Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has pushed back against critics within the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who have questioned his loyalty to the party.He says his 15 years of service and repeated election victories for the NRM demonstrate his lo
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Major General (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, Ms Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, and Major General (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi to the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as historicals, Eagle Online has exclusively learnt.The ap
A growing number of National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates have secured seats in Uganda’s 11th Parliament without facing opposition, following declarations by the Electoral Commission ahead of the 15 January 2026 general elections.Among the latest to be confirmed unopposed is the
The opposition argued that restoring the rule of law would require rerunning elections in areas where voters were denied a genuine choice. NUP leader Bobi Wine has vowed that a future government under his leadership will order fresh elections (byelections) in constituencies where candidate
Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Ruhinda North MP, Thomas Tayebwa, has issued a firm response to National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, following accusations made against him and President Museveni.Bobi Wine, reacting to a video showing Tay
Seven NRM candidates, including Speaker Anita Among and her deputy, Thomas Tayebwa, have secured seats in the 12th Parliament unopposed after the nomination deadline.Seven NRM candidates, including Speaker Anita Among and her deputy, Thomas Tayebwa, have secured seats in the 12th Parliamen
Former coordinator of intelligence services Gen. David Sejusa (Tinyefuza) has lashed out at Uganda’s ruling party leaders after opposition candidates challenging Speaker Anita Among and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa were blocked from nomination, describing the incidents as “a shameful assault
Reader modeTayebwa Rival: I Was Blocked from Ruhinda North MP Nominationschimpreports.com17hDeputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa will once again return to Parliament unopposed after his rival, Osbert Kato, was blocked from being nominated to contest for the Ruhi
Controversy erupted in Ruhinda County after a 74-year-old minister was accused of ferrying students from various schools to participate in th
