London, United Kingdom | AFP | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday called for parliament to vote in favour of holding early elections after MPs dealt a major blow against his Brexit strategy. “There must now be an election on Tuesday, 15th October,” Johnson said after parliament voted in …
Read More »Electoral Commission warns observers against reporting live events
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission has warned observers against reporting live events during elections. Following the release of the 2021 election road map, several Non-Government Organizations have embarked on preparation for the polls as observers. According Electoral Commission guidelines, the role of election observers is to study …
Read More »Teso region voters want president to resign 90 days before elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in the Teso region want incumbent President to resign 90 days before the elections. This was during the regional consultations on the Electoral reforms bill held on Tuesday in Soroti town. Nasur Muhammad, Soroti district councillor representing Eastern Division says the President should …
Read More »Russian opposition to take to streets again, defying crackdown
Moscou, Russia | AFP | The Russian opposition vowed to stage another mass rally Saturday despite increasing pressure from authorities, who arrested nearly 1,400 people at a protest last week and have launched a criminal probe into the movement. The march along Moscow’s leafy boulevards will be the latest in a …
Read More »Electoral reforms: Gov’t seeks to delay polls in new districts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government wants elections in newly created districts and constituencies halted until the next round of general elections. This is one of the proposals in the Parliamentary Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2019 tabled by the Attorney General before parliament on Thursday last week. The Bill seeks to …
Read More »AG Byaruhanga delivers copies of Electoral Bills, blasts critics
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Attorney General William Byaruhanga says critics have largely misrepresented the provisions of the five electoral reform bills he presented last week. Byaruhanga addressed the press today and charged that some critics have distorted the contents of the Bills both in mainstream and social …
Read More »Rwampara Interim LCV Chairperson Elections Flop Again
Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The elections of the interim LCV Chairperson for Rwampara has flopped again. The elections which were supposed to be held last week on Wednesday flopped after only four out of the seven councillors turned up. The election flopped again on Monday after the same councillors …
Read More »MPs not happy with delay to access electoral bills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament and some journalists have failed to access the recently tabled Electoral reforms, copies of which have not reached them due to what officials said was an email glitch. Government on Thursday tabled the long-awaited proposed electoral reforms which had generated a …
Read More »State funeral for Tunisia’s Essebsi as new polls loom
Tunis, Tunisia | AFP | Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday attended the funeral of president Beji Caid Essebsi as the North African nation gears up for snap elections as early as September to defend the democratic gains of the Arab Spring. Essebsi, the country’s first head of state elected in …
Read More »Uganda’s popstar lawmaker to contest 2021 presidential vote
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan pop star turned leading opposition figure Bobi Wine on Wednesday officially announced he would take on veteran President Yoweri Museveni in 2021 national elections, vowing to fight corruption and create jobs. Wine has long hinted he would throw his hat into the ring and …
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