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By Racheal N. Namuli Tensions have erupted in the Busiro South parliamentary race after two National Unity Platform (NUP) aspirants defied the party’s Electoral Management Committee decision and declared their intentions to contest as independent candidates. Last month, the Electoral Management Committee announced incumbent MP Matovu Charles as the official NUP flag bearer for the Busiro South constituency. However, this …

More than 210 Members of Parliament from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) who lost in the party’s recent primaries have announced plans to contest as independent candidates, defying calls by the party secretariat to abandon their bids. The legislators, who addressed a press briefing on September 19, 2025, accused the NRM of conducting sham primaries riddled with vote rigging, …