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📌 Total number of voters Uganda elections 2021 ✅ Number of Voters: 18,103,603 ✅ Number of Polling Stations:34,684 📌 Districts with highest populations ➡ Kampala 1,280,409 ➡ Wakiso 1,154,857 ➡ Kasese 384,058 ➡ Mukono 355,275 ➡ Ntungamo 268,541 ➡ Tororo 268,434 ➡ Luwero 257,115 ➡ Kamuli 236,917 ➡ Buikwe 235,640 ➡ Isingiro 233,099 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are 18,103,603 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Presidential candidate Fred Mwesigye says that he has now ended his campaigns to join the spiritual world with intention to pray for peaceful elections due on January 14th 2021. The Electoral Commission set January 12th, 2021 as the official date for all the candidates to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first Deputy Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Abdallah Semmambo has asked security to refrain from using excessive force while dealing with civilians. Semmambo was speaking at Gadhafi National Mosque in Old Kampala where he led a special prayer ahead of the national elections next week. …

What the evacuation of his family from Uganda before elections reveals about Uganda’s musician turned politician Kyagulanyi THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M MWENDA | In 2018, I appeared on Frontline program of NBS television with Bobi Wine. In the heat of the debate he said that if there were chaos …

COMMENT | Samson Tinka | Next week, on January 14th 2021, Ugandans will begin voting for different political office bearers. The voting will stretch up to February. Both voters and candidates are hopeful that they will succeed in their journey to the desired office. A lot of resources have been committed in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner for Lira has caused alarm by uttering words which can cause hatred and invite violence among the communities of Uganda. Milton Odongo made his shocking remarks in a speech he gave at a stakeholder’s dialogue meeting on elections, organized by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unfulfilled pledges by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are haunting the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM party in Bunyangabu district. While campaigning in the then Bunyangabu county in 2015, President Museveni who is seeking re-election promised to elevate Katebwa and Kibate health center IIs to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Partners for Democracy and Governance Group (PDG) have called for peaceful and credible elections. In a statement issued on Friday, the PDG which comprises of ambassadors from France, Denmark, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Urban refugees living in Kampala have asked security personnel to provide them with security ahead of next week’s elections. The refugees are living in fear about the likely outbreak of violence during and after the elections. There are over 1.4 million refugees in Uganda of …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political party leaders in Luweero district have intensified the recruitment exercise for polling station agents ahead of general elections next week. On Wednesday night, the Electoral Commission delivered election materials for 471 polling stations located in Luweero district. The Electoral Commission has also completed …