EACOP project sparks ongoing battle over land and justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In Arusha, Tanzania, Lubega John Nsamba represented her ailing father, John Mary Nsamba, whose land along the East African Crude Oil P...
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Newly Re-elected Lamwo’s Hillary Onek Confesses to Being Tired on Being MP
The 78-year-old Eng Hillary Obaloker Onek, who is also the Minister for Disaster Preparedness, has been MP for Lamwo County in Greater Kitgum since the year 2001. And for...
Why Muwanga Kivumbi needed Baganda colleagues more than politics
Muwanga Kivumbi surrounded by Prisons officers at courtIn Ugandan politics, success is often framed as a function of numbers, party machinery, and public rhetoric.Yet som...
GULU: Voters protest use of plastic buckets for ballot boxes
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 Delays Across the Country As Voters Stay Away
In Kasese, the polling exercise was delayed at most stations due to the absence of the required ten voters needed to witness the opening of the ballot boxes. By 10:00 a.m...
Uganda: NRM Lines Up More Than 40 Lawyers to Defend Museveni’s Victory
The Director NRM Legal Services Lawyer Enoch Barata.Kampala, Uganda | URN | The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has lined up at least 45 lawyers to defend...
Police call for calm as Uganda enters final days ahead of Thursday’s general elections
The Uganda Police Force has called on citizens and political actors to maintain peace and refrain from violence as the country enters the final days ahead of polling day...
No Games This Time’ – Byakagaba warns ahead of elections
IGP Abbas Byakagaba has assured Ugandans of full police preparedness and zero tolerance for election violence, saying security forces will protect voters and enforce the...
No Stone is a Better than a Bullet’ – Bamwine Warns Those banking on Election Violence
Senior presidential adviser and Commissioner Fred Bamwine has cautioned Ugandans, particularly the youth, against engaging in violence during and after the forthcoming ge...
Why has the state delayed Besigye, Lutale treason trial?
Kizza Besigye and Obed Lutale in the dockTo serve President Museveni, you must be ready to tell several and shameless lies.That is what a high profile Museveni campaign t...