Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya has thrown out the third petition challenging the election of Idah Erios Nantaba as Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament. She delivered the verdict in her ruling on an application filed by Nantaba’s rival, Harriet Nakwede. The petitioner, who ran on …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two voters from Soroti West constituency in Soroti district have filed an election appeal against the decision to uphold the victory of their area Member of Parliament Jonathan Ebwalu. The voters, Anna Grace Ameco and Donald Okwasi challenged the January 14th 2021 victory of Ebwalu …
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Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Unlike before the Bundestag elections, about 59 percent of German citizens were now in favor of a governing coalition of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Greens and the liberal party FDP, according to the Politbarometer published by public broadcaster ZDF on Friday. By contrast, …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Olive Kazaarwe Mukwaya has dismissed the election petition filed by Wilson Male challenging the nomination of Mukono South County Member of Parliament Fred Kayondo in the race parliamentary elections. Male who contested for the same position under National Unity Platform -NUP asked Mukono …
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Manila, Philippines | Xinhua | Filipino world boxing icon and Senator Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is retiring from boxing to focus on next year’s presidential race. “It is difficult for me to accept that my time as a boxer is over. Today, I am announcing my retirement,” Pacquiao, 42, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum-JEEMA says it will have regional grass root structure tours in October that will climax with elections to elect new leaders in those structures before end of this year. In an interview with URN on Thursday, JEEMA Secretary General Muhammad Kateregga said that after …
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Manila, Philippines | Xinhua | World boxing champion and Philippine senator Manny Pacquiao announced on Sunday that he will run for president of the Philippines in the 2022 elections. Pacquiao, 42, said he officially accepted the nomination to be the standard-bearer of the PDP-Laban faction led by Senator Aquilino Pimentel. “We are …
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Tripoli, Libya | XINHUA | The top UN envoy for Libya said Friday that the elections scheduled for Dec. 24 are crucial in maintaining stability in the war-torn country. “I would like to stress that holding the elections in Libya — even in less than ideal situation, and with all …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The legal team of Mbale City Woman Member of Parliament Connie Nakayenze Ggaliwango has asked court to strike out the affidavits of three witnesses of her rival, Lydia Wanyoto Mutende, who ignored the summons to appear for cross-examination. This came after Wanyoto’s lawyer, Swabur Marzuk …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two weeks into the hearing of election petitions, the courts have been advised against declaring runners-up, who successfully challenged the elections of their opponents as winners without going back for by-elections. Supreme Court Justice Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa Ekirikubinza and Makerere University law lecturer, Dr Busingye …
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