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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons with Disabilities in Lira district have tasked the Electoral Commission to employ sign language interpreters during the electoral processes. They argue that persons with hearing impairments find difficulties to participate in electoral processes especially during campaigns and voting. Mathew Omara Okello, the chairperson …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Planning David Bahati together with the Finance Ministry Director Budget Kenneth Mugambe on Thursday came under criticism over the move to borrow funds to finance activities for the 2021 general elections. Minister Bahati and Mugambe had appeared before the Legal …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Musa Ssekaana has declined to recuse himself from a case in which Electoral Commission chairperson; Justice Simon Byabakama is accused of failing to resign from the Court of Appeal. The applicants want court to issue a permanent injunction restraining Justice Byabakama from holding …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Electoral Commission has said that further delay to allocate money for elections may affect the electoral process. The call was made on Thursday by the Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, chairperson Electoral Commission who presented the 2020/2021 national budget framework paper …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking to stay the execution of the recent Constitutional Court ruling which dismissed six Members of Parliament representing newly created municipalities. The judgement affected Apac Municipality Member of Parliament, Patrick Ocan, Sheema Municipality …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has fixed February 6th 2020 as date when it will rule on an application filed by Kampala city lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking to block the 2021 elections. This is according to a notice signed by the Registrar of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Police, Electoral Commission have agreed that the Kyandondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi should go on with his consultations without interference. Speaking after a meeting held on Thursday at the Electoral Commission offices on Jinja Road in Kampala, Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the EC Chairperson said …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kyandondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu also known as Bobi Wine has said he’s going to reschedule his consultation program for his presidential bid.  Speaking to journalists at his offices in Kamwokya hours after a meeting with the Police leadership and the Electoral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Electoral Commission is scheduled to meet presidential aspirant Kyadondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine in a bid to reach a compromise on their consultation programs. This development comes just days after Kyagulanyi, campaigning under the People Power umbrella …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu alias Bobi Wine and leader of People Power political pressure group cancelled his scheduled trip for a consultative meeting on his presidential ambitions in Gulu citing persecution of his supporters. Kyagulanyi had scheduled his second consultative meeting …