Tag Archives: electoral commission

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Election Observer Mission to the Tanzania General Election has described the process as having been largely conducted in a peaceful environment. The preliminary statement was issued a few hours before the National Electoral Commission announced incumbent John Pombe Magufuli the duly elected president. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The electoral commission has today conducted free covid-19 testing for all journalists, politicians and other service providers wishing to take part in next week’s presidential nomination exercise. Several members of the media fraternity took part in the exercise at the EC offices along Jinja road …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM party has opposed any efforts by the Electoral Commission to print the ballot papers from abroad. Speaking to reporters shortly after a presidential aspirants meeting at the Electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala on Thursday, Justine Kasule Lumumba, the Secretary-General of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformations – ANT has called for more civic education to be be carried out by the Electoral Commission ahead of the 2021 election. The party says they noticed lots of gaps while collecting signatures for their presidential candidate Gen. Mugisha …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is currently verifying signatures of supporters of presidential aspirants. According to the Presidential Elections Act, a person becomes a presidential candidate only after among others presenting signatures from 100 registered voters each from among two-thirds of all districts that make up Uganda. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Signatures of National Unity Party (NUP) presidential flag bearer and party president Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi have been verified and he has been cleared by Electoral Commission for nominations due November 2nd & 3rd. Uganda’s electoral commission is finalizing the confirmation of candidates to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has finalized the verification of signatures of supporters for four more presidential aspirants. This brings to eight the number of aspirants who have so far been cleared for nomination next week. The cleared candidates include Patrick Amuriat Oboi of the Forum …

Iganga, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Alliance for National Transformation-ANT flag bearer in the Kigulu South Parliamentary race, Ali Muyinda, has been cleared to contest after his academic documents were verified by the Uganda National Examinations Board- UNEB.  Two weeks ago, the commission refused to nominate Muyinda due to lack …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The FDC presidential flag bearer Patrick Oboi Amuriat has threatened to defiantly violate key covid-19 regulatory guidelines as issued in the electoral commission roadmap given to political actors ahead of general 2021 campaigns. Amuriat says, the idea of holding campaign meetings of not more than …

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Ruhaama county Forum for Democratic Change-FDC parliamentary candidate, Isaac Nuwagaba has petitioned the Electoral Commission contesting the academic documents of his National Resistance Movement-NRM party rival, Henry Nkwasibwe Zinkuratire.   In his petition, Nuwagaba, says that he inspected the nomination papers of his opponent on …