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NUP accuses EC for connivance in suspending Women Council elections

By Charles Katabalwa 27th June 2022   The opposition National Unity platform (NUP) has condemned the National Electoral Commission -EC for suspending the women council elections.   According to a statement released by the Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama last week the compilation of the Village Women Residents’ Register has been finalized and the registers […]

20-year-old prisoner dies in prison break

By Our Reporter 27th June 2022   An inmate from Kyabasenge Prison in Kakumiro has collapsed and died while attempting to escape from lawful custody.   The deceased is Henry Tumukunde,20, a resident of Bugwara village in Nalweyo sub-county. The incident happened on Saturday afternoon, according to information obtained by URN. It is alleged that Prison […]

Police, Army raid people undergoing radicalism in Islam

By Our Reporter 24th June 2022   A joint security force of the Police and the Uganda People Defense Force -UPDF has stormed a cave at Walusi hill, Kireku village in Kikyuusa Sub-County, Luweero district and forcibly disbanded a group of 70 people who had camped in there allegedly to undergo radicalism in Islam.   These […]

Political Parties back EC’s suspension of Women Council, Committee elections

By Francis Lubega 24th June 2022   Political Parties have welcomed the move by the Electoral Commission to suspend elections for the women councils and committees country wide.   In a statement released on Friday by the EC Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the commission suspended programmes for Women Council and Committee elections that were expected in the […]