Tag Archives: Independents

By Amos Tayebwa | Mbarara Political temperatures in Mbarara District have hit boiling point after Kashari North MP Basil Bataringaya Rwankwene alias Omwonyo locked horns with Mbarara District NRM Chairman Prosper Tuhaise Kururagire — warning him to keep off his position in the NRM structures. Bataringaya, who also doubles as NRM Vice Chairman for Rubindi Sub-county, went bare knuckles after …

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) national vice chairperson, Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo, has called on party leaders in Butaleja to set aside personal differences and unite to strengthen the Movement’s grassroots structures, stressing that the party is “bigger than all of us.” In a meeting with NRM leaders last Sunday, Kigongo urged members to uphold discipline and loyalty, warning that internal …

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, …