Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mukono has dismissed an election petition challenging the victory of Idah Nantaba as the District Woman Member of Parliament, Kayunga. In 2021, Nantaba stood on an Independent ticket and defeated six other candidates after garnering 47,725 votes. But Nazigo Sub County …
Read More »House panel launches investigation into disgraced U.S. lawmaker
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. House Ethics Committee announced on Thursday that it has established an investigative panel to look into issues surrounding disgraced Republican lawmaker George Santos. Santos, the U.S. representative for New York’s 3rd congressional district, admitted to fabricating several aspects of his work experience and …
Read More »Court dismisses Soroti city, Toroma county election petitions
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Soroti has dismissed three election petitions filed against the Members of Parliament of Soroti City East, Soroti City West and Toroma County. In Soroti City East, the petition arose from the by-election that was conducted in July 2022 when Herbert Edmund …
Read More »Six priests vie for election as Bishop of Luwero diocese
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least six priests have made it to the list of candidates for the position of Bishop for Luwero Anglican Diocese. This comes ahead of the retirement of the current Bishop Reverend Eridard Nsubuga Kironde in July this year after clocking the mandatory 65 years …
Read More »Tanga Odoi defends security actions during MAK Convocation election
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University Convocation chairperson, Dr Tanga Odoi has defended the security invasion of their Annual General Meeting held on December 30, 2022. Makerere University Convocation is the statutory body that brings together its staff and alumni. The body, established by the Universities and Other Tertiary …
Read More »Infantino, only candidate for FIFA 2023 presidential election
Doha, Qatar | Xinhua | FIFA announced on Thursday that it received one candidature — Gianni Infantino for its presidential election that will be held in 2023. Following the call for election issued by the FIFA Council on March 30 this year, FIFA’s member associations have proposed, in due time and …
Read More »Concerns over far-right mounting as Netanyahu mandated to form “government for all”
Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Benjamin Netanyahu, tasked by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to form a new government on Sunday, is now squarely poised to take office for a record-breaking sixth time as prime minister, and bring the country back to the rule of rightists. “It will be a stable, successful, …
Read More »UMSC issues roadmap for election of new Muslim leaders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC Independent Electoral Commission has issued the long-awaited roadmap for the election of new office bearers. The term of office for the current officials expired this year. Although the previous general assembly had left in place an Electoral Commission, the election …
Read More »Why populists don’t concede
They cry fraud because they base on the claim that they, and only they, represent `the real people’ COMMENT | JAN-WERNER MUELLER | In the run-up to Brazil’s presidential election next month, President Jair Bolsonaro is crafting his own version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Big Lie”: the claim …
Read More »Another peaceful election in Senegal
Why this time the results herald a big political shift | CATHERINE LENA KELLY | Senegalese voters went to the polls in July 2022, continuing a tradition of robust multiparty competition in the country. It is one of a handful of African countries that have never experienced a military coup. …
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