Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three National Unity Platform-NUP legislators together with several other people deployed to protect the votes of Harriet Nakwede, the NUP candidate for the Kayunga LC 5 chairperson by-election are in police custody. They are Aloysius Mukasa, the Lubaga South MP, Charles Tebandeke, Bbaale County MP and …
Read More »Arua mayor wants rival’s victory overturned
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interim Mayor of Arua City Issa Kato has filed a petition challenging the victory of Wadri Sam Nyakua in the January Mayoral elections. Nyakua, who is the LCV Chairperson Arua District was declared the winner with 13,564 votes against Issa Kato’s 13,313 votes. Kato …
Read More »Fred Mwesigye’s team rejects EC tally which gave him zero votes at his polling station
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate Fred Mwesigye got zero votes at the polling station where he cast his vote on January 14th, according to the tally sheets released by Electoral Commission (EC). Mwesigye cast his vote at Banga-Nakiwogo playground (L-NAJ) polling station. The polling station is located …
Read More »Kalembe opposes joint vote protection team
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nancy Linda Kalembe is opposed to fronting joint polling agents to protect opposition votes on election day. On Tuesday, three presidential candidates Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate, Forum for Democratic Change candidate-FDC Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Alliance for National Transformation-ANT candidate, …
Read More »Don’t leave polling station after voting – Tumukunde
📌 National elections – January 14, 2021 Butambala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Henry Tumukunde has started a vote protection campaign as the country prepares for general elections next week. Speaking in various trading centers in Butambala district, the presidential independent candidate has told voters that guarding against vote rigging is …
Read More »Mao combs villages in Amuria for votes
Amuria , Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party- DP Presidential Candidate, Nobert Mao on Monday combed villages in Teso to canvass for votes. In his campaign trail in Amuria and Katakwi districts, Mao canvassed for votes for DP flag bearers in Abiya and Kuju Sub Counties. Mao campaigned for …
Read More »Buyaga east MP demands open tallying of votes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eric Musana, the Buyaga East Incumbent MP has called for open tallying of votes. Musana contested against Stephen Twesige, the third Deputy Prime Minister Bunyoro Kingdom in the NRM party primaries. However, no winner was announced after a re-voting was announced for Pacwa trading centre in …
Read More »IEBC: Hacking was attempted but did not succeed
IEBC refutes hacking allegations as Kenya opposition demands Odinga be ‘declared president’ Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has dismissed allegations that its servers were hacked, and insist they will only announce final results once all the forms from constituencies had arrived at the …
Read More »Kenyan opposition demands Odinga be ‘declared president’
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s main opposition coalition demanded Thursday that its candidate Raila Odinga be declared president, claiming it had evidence he had won an election that has already led to angry protests over fraud claims. The latest allegations by the National Super Alliance (NASA) are likely to …
Read More »No health, no votes
CSO’s push for health centered manifestos A recent poll conducted in August 2014 by Columbia University reported that healthcare is the most important issue for Ugandan voters. Across two large public opinion surveys conducted in 2011 and 2014, voters cited healthcare as the most important issue for Parliament to address …
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