The Electoral Commission (EC) has been dragged to the Commercial Court by a company that claims it was sidelined in the award of a tender to provide voter education and display of voters registers in the February 2016 Uganda General elections. A human resource company Terp Group Ltd accuses the …
Read More »VIDEO: Ministers disown EC’s Kiggundu over LC monies
VIDEO: Electoral Commission boss eng Dr Badru Kiggundu and his delegation found themselves in an awkward situation after two ministers disowned their demands for sh37 billion =to organize LC 1 elections across the country. Gender , labour and social development minister Janat Mukwaya questioned the figures despite Attoney General William Byaruhanga insisting the ministry …
Read More »Kiggundu: No money for Uganda LC1 elections this year
The Electoral Commission (EC) has halted the process of organising Uganda’s Local Council (LC) 1 and 2 elections until they get full funding. The chairman of the commission Badru Kiggundu while meeting members on Parliament’s Legal Committee today, said that the commission has decided to halt the exercise due to lack of funds. …
Read More »VIDEO: Opposition divided over Electoral Commission term limits
VIDEO; Tension is mounting in parliament as a section of MPs now say the bill that seeks to extend the tenure of office of the chairperson Electoral Commission and the commissioners could be aimed at paving the way for the removal of the presidential age limit. The leader of the opposition in …
Read More »Electoral Commission clears 8 presidential candidates for 2016 general election
Dr. Kizza Besigye will vie for next year’s presidential election alongside seven others following clearance from the Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday. The eight candidates cleared include; Yoweri Museveni, the incumbent, running on the NRM party ticket; Amama Mbabazi, Museveni’s erstwhile ally and former prime minister and NRM Secretary General running …
Read More »Lessons for the Electoral Commission
By Agnes E. Nantaba FDC elections boss speaks on the `inconvenience of the democracy’ The opposition Forum for Democratic Change party (FDC) has gained a reputation as the most internally democratic party in Uganda. It holds regular free and fair election for all positions. Dan Mugarula is the chairman of …
Read More »Can Electoral Commission arrange better poll in 2011?
By The Independent Team As President Yoweri Museveni’s third (fifth) term enters the third year and the country once again begins to look forward to the next general elections, the question many Ugandans are asking is: will the Prof. Badru Kiggundu-led Electoral Commission give us a better and well-organised presidential …
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