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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]