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FDC presidential candidate Amuriat arrested enroute to Jinja December 28, 2020 FDC's Patrick Oboi Amuriat campaigns in Kamuli Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat was on Sunday evening arrested in Jinja in eastern Uganda by a joint team of police and army officers. The arrest was commanded by Kiira region police commander, Dauda Hiriga who accused the FDC candidate of defying the new Electoral Commission guidelines that blocked physical rallies in high-risk districts including Jinja. Over the we...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 23 2020 Summary About Jinja City. On 1 July 2020, the government of Uganda awarded city status to about one half-a-dozen municipalities. Jinja was one of those localities. As part of the qualifications to become a city, Jinja expanded to include the former Jinja Municipality, Bugembe Town Council, Mafubira Sub-county and Budondo Sub-county. The estimated population of the new city, as of October 2020, is about 300,000. Advertisement All the 11 candidates nominated for the Jinja City Woman parliamentary seat have an equal chance of victory regardless of thei...