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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has nominated 66 persons seeking to contest for parliamentary positions in the 10 constituencies of Kampala city, spread around the five divisions. They include 59 aspirants for directly elected positions and seven others for the woman MP seats. According to the breakdown, Lubaga …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   The Electoral Commission has nominated Bosmic Joyce Otim to contest for the Chua West Constituency seat amidst controversies surrounding his academic qualifications. Otim was nominated on Thursday by the Kitgum district Returning Officer Benjamin Ewal. This comes at the backdrop of a pending court …

Nakaseke, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Electoral Commission-EC has declined to nominate Sulaiman Jakana Nadduli as a candidate for the Nakaseke Central Parliamentary Seat citing a mismatch in the names on his academic documents and National Identity card. Jakana turned up at the Nakaseke district Electoral Commission offices around 11 …

Kitgum, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   There was heavy police deployment at Kitgum District Local Government Headquarters as the Electoral Commission conducted the nominations for parliamentary aspirants in the district.  The armed police officers were deployed as early as 7 am around the precincts of the district headquarters. Numerous roadblocks …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Faridah Nambi, the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate for the Kampala Woman parliamentary seat took the streets to celebrate her nomination contrary to the Electoral Commissions’ ban on processions.  Nambi, who stood on a wheel loader with several private bodyguards drove from the …

Obongi, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   There is heavy and tight security deployment in Obongi town as nominations take place at the Electoral Commission offices. When Oongi MP Kapsi Fugaroo who went to be nominate at 10:00am, he was met by anti-riot police who had cordoned off the EC offices. …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Kira municipality Member of Parliament, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has been driven back to his home in Kirinnya – Bukasa immediately after he was nominated to contest for the same seat in next year’s elections. Ssemujju who defied the ban by the Electoral Commission on …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Electoral Commission has made exceptions in nominations for Parliamentary aspirants prioritizing those with emergencies. Aspirants from the five divisions of Kawempe, Lubaga, Nakawa, Makindye and Kampala central started arriving at the Electoral Commission Offices in Ntinda, as early as 7 a.m., in line …

Mukono, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Police in Mukono have made early deployment at the district electoral commission offices in order to avoid chaos at the center. Two check points have been mounted at the two main road entries from Kampala. Deployments have also been made outside and inside the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Kampala Central parliamentary aspirants this morning quietly entered the Ntinda Electoral Commission office as the Electoral Commission kicked off nominations. The exercise which started this morning across the country will run for two days. The candidates to be nominated include directly elected MPs seats …