Tag Archives: by-election

Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement (NRM) District Councilors are considering supporting an independent candidate for the upcoming by-election in Dokolo district if the party does not pay money which was due to them during the 2021 General Election. It is alleged that over 80 million Shillings which …

Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform (NUP) has unveiled approximately 300 mobilizers ahead of the Dokolo District Woman MP By-election. On Saturday, a delegation led by the party’s Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya met mobilization committees from all the 14 sub counties in the district. They tasked them …

Bukedea, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dan Malinga, the Bukedea Town Council LC V councilor has been charged with simple robbery and assault of David Stephen Omagor, a former aspirant in the Bukedea by-election. On June 6, 2023, Malinga, also known as Wenger, along with several others still at large, allegedly …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Omoding won the by-election in Serere County to replace his father who died in a car crash in December. He polled 15,638 votes beating his closest rival by 2000 votes in an election where the opposition candidate came a distant third. “I pledge to …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent candidate Emmanuel Omoding has been declared the winner of the by-election held in Serere County on Thursday. Omoding, the son of the former MP Patrick Okabe emerged as the winner of the hotly contested race with 15,638 votes, beating four other contenders. He was …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has delivered voting materials to Serere district, ahead of Thursday’s by-election. The materials that include registers, ballot boxes, ballot papers, Biometric Voter Verification Kits, and basins among others were delivered on Tuesday to the Electoral Commission offices. Sylvia Cheptegei, the Serere District …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of voters in Serere walked kilometers on Monday to join the National Unity Platform-NUP party president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu as he campaigned for Alice Alaso, the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT candidate in Serere county. Kyagulanyi arrived in Serere town on Monday evening for the last …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 security personnel have been deployed to man security ahead of Serere County by-election on Thursday. The security personnel include soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defense Force-UPDF, Uganda Police Force-UPF and the Uganda Prison Service-UPS. The others are intelligence personnel scattered across the …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Eratu, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party candidate in the Serere County by-election on Tuesday held door-to-door campaigns to lure potential voters. Eratu and his campaign team reached out to voters in their homes and business premises. He said that door-to-door is one of …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Serere County MP aspirant, Alice Alaso has called on the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party to join hands in securing victory for the opposition in the Serere by-election. Alaso made the appeal during a press briefing on Wednesday ahead of the nomination of candidates …