By Gerald Businge on January 15, 2016
elections, European Union Election Observation Mission to Uganda, uganda
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Uganda 2016 General Elections
The European Union Election Observation Mission to Uganda is calling for co-ordination of all election related activities to ensure a peaceful process. Chief Observer Eduard Kukan, a Slovak member of the European Parliament, says the team drawn from 9 countries will be working with local stakeholders to support the electoral process. Addressing a news conference in […]
By Gerald Businge on January 15, 2016
Road Carnage
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Uganda 2016 General Elections
NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni has warned road users against miss using these facilities. According to Museveni, much as government responded to people’s calls for better roads across the country, the same tarmac roads have become a deathbed. He told his supporters in Sheema district while in the past HIV/AIDS was the major killer in Uganda, […]
By Emma Laura N. Kisa on January 9, 2016
campaigns, elections, KCCA, Parliament, Posters
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Laws, Uganda 2016 General Elections
Kampala members of parliament have forced parliament to suspend the fees charged by KCCA for candidates contesting for different posts in Kampala to pin up their posters in the city. This came up after MPs in Kampala who include Latif Ssebagala, John Simbwa, Moses Kasibante cried to parliament to suspend this fees charged for campaign posters […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 8, 2016
elections, Presidential candidates, Presidential debate
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Uganda 2016 General Elections
The organizers of the first ever presidential live debate in Uganda are maintaining that all candidates must be present for the debate and will not give room for their representatives. According to the chairman of the elders’ forum of Uganda who are part of the organizers of the live debate, Justice James Ogola maintains that they […]
By Gerald Businge on January 7, 2016
National Resistance Movement, NRM, persons with disabilities, PWDs
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Laws, Uganda 2016 General Elections
The leaders of the national Persons With Disability league in Uganda are crying out to the NRM candidate Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for neglecting them and failing to fulfill his pledges promised to them despite the long term support and love from the league members towards NRM and the president himself. Addressing a news conference yesterday, the PWD league […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 6, 2016
National IDs, Parliament, Voter’s register
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Laws, Uganda 2016 General Elections
Members of parliament have expressed anger over the none issuance of National Identification cards to some registered Ugandans which could cause them to miss out voting in the 2016 polls. This as members of parliament were demanding the progress report on the issuance of the National ID. The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga said that there is […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 6, 2016
elections, NRM
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni blames the NRM secretariate and government officials for failure to track and monitor closely government programmes. According to the president a lot has been done but some programmes have not benefited the intended persons citing some programmes which he promised some time but they have not been worked on. He says RDCs, […]
By Gerald Businge on January 6, 2016
Bujagali falls, campaigns, elections
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Rukiga County Members of Parliament Jack Sabiti has warned president Yoweri Museveni against involving his name among the members of parliament who had blocked Bujagali dam construction in the 6th parliament. Recently, President Museveni, while on his campaign trail in Rukiga County, lashed out at Jack Sabiti saying he was among the opposition MPs that opposed […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 6, 2016
elections, persons with disabilities, PWDs
Elections, Latest Uganda News, Uganda 2016 General Elections
The marginalized groups in the country mentioning women, girls, PWDs, elderly and the young are seriously called upon to pause very serious questions to all political candidates who come asking for votes if the issues affecting them are to be heard and addressed. With the country now in the political season and all candidates promising heaven […]
By Isaac Senabulya on January 6, 2016
Candidates, elections
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The minister of state for Agriculture Vincent Bamulangaki Sempijja has demanded democratic party supporters to put task on their leaders to show them the memorandum of understanding with the presidential candidate John Patrick Amama Mbabazi . Sempijja says that DP must show the power-sharing agreement to their supporters with Mbabazi so as are not locked out […]