Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, announced Tuesday that she would run for reelection in this year’s midterm elections. “While we’ve made progress, much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. Our democracy is at risk because the assault on the truth, …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The founding members of Iteso Cultural Union have given an ultimatum of March 31, 2021, for the Teso Paramount Chief, Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol and his cabinet to conduct fresh elections of council members. This follows the alleged irregularities in the November 2019 elections. The election …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission-EC is seeking a budgetary provision of 54.5 billion shillings to conduct elections for Local Council I and II and Women Councils and Committees across the country. Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC chairperson tabled the request on Wednesday before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has had a frantic 2021 as it experienced one of the most contested presidential elections, a devastating pandemic and a new war against terrorism. A three-month presidential election campaign culminated on Jan. 14, with the incumbent, 76-year-old Yoweri Museveni tussling it out with the …
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Tripoli, Libya | Xinhua | A committee of the Libyan House of Representatives on Monday called for a new roadmap to hold successful elections and form a new executive authority, following the elections were postponed. “A new roadmap must be drawn up, set with durations and stages and not with …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said the National Unity Platform, the party he leads as its president still believes in elections as one of the steps of the whole process through which to change government in Uganda. Speaking today following the defeat of his party candidate …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono Diocese Bishop James William Ssebaggala has warned politicians against bribing voters ahead of the Kayunga by-election on Thursday. According to Bishop Ssebaggala, leadership comes from God and is never bought. He advised those intending to secure votes through splashing money to instead invest …
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Banjul, Gambia | Xinhua | Alieu Momar Njie, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia, declared on Sunday that Adama Barrow, the leader of the National People’s Party (NPP), as the winner of the presidential election held on Saturday. Barrow amassed 457,519 votes, around 53 percent of …
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The Commonwealth Observer Group H E Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria, (Chairperson) Prosper Bani, Former Minister of Interior, Ghana The Hon Martha Karua, Former Minister of Justice, Kenya Robert Phiri, Executive Director, Public Affairs Commission, Malawi Hendrick Gappy, Former Chairperson, Electoral Commission, Seychelles Shyamala Gomez, Executive Director, Centre for Equality and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The nominations of candidates for residual and by-elections in local governments across the country have started. The two-day exercise will start on Monday and end on Tuesday. Paul Bukenya the Spokesperson of the Electoral Commission says that the returning officers are set to nominate …
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