NRM supporters of the former MP for Nakifuma county in Mukono district have petitioned the NRM secretary General Amama Mbabazi seeking help for the party to assist its candidate to regain his seat which he lost in unclear circumstances. The NRM supporters said that their candidate is being neglected by the party to battle the case in […]
The Kampala High court has summoned the EC chairperson Eng. Badru Kiggundu to appear before it on the 22nd of this month to be examined in regard to the alleged electoral irregularities that marred Parliamentary elections in Busiro North constituency. Justice Kibuuka Musoke has also ordered one Hussein Bukenya the complainant to produce all the […]
Kampala High court has asked the Electoral Commission to avail the former Lubaga North Parliamentary candidate Moses Kasibante with the two sets of tally sheets used in declaring election results for the post. This was after Kasibante’s lawyer Elias Lukwago informed court that his client had asked for the same in the two letters dated […]
As technology continues to play a marked role in Uganda’s elections and politics, many Ugandans are currently in a rare happiness after receiving telephone calls from President Yoweri Museveni and sms messages from the president thanking them for voting him in the February 18th Presidential elections. In different parts of the country, people have […]
The Kampala city mayoral candidate Emanuel Tumusiime has called for police to arrest the perpetrators of fraud in yesterday’s failed elections. Tumusiime, who had cast his vote yesterday morning, says he was surprised to hear the announcement from the Electoral Commission that elections in Kampala had been cancelled due to elections irregularities and ballot […]
The former presidential candidate in the just concluded elections Retired Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye Warren Kifife has been summoned by police to explain the elections irregularities he mentioned. After elections declaration by the Electoral Commission that announced Museveni the winner with 68.4% and Besigye with 26%, Besigye told the press conference that Museveni rigged […]
The United States has called upon the government of Uganda to undertake electoral and administrative reforms that will help improve future elections in Uganda. The US embassy in Kampala has issued a statement congratulating the people of Uganda for the elections exercise and President Yoweri Museveni for winning the Presidential elections. In their first reaction […]
The Chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission, Dr. Badru Kiggundu has declared President Museveni winner of Uganda’s 2011 presidential election with a landslide victory of 68.38 per cent of 8, 272, 760 total votes cast. Kiggundu says Museveni obtained 5, 428, 369 votes, FDC/Inter-Party Cooperation flag bearer, Dr Kizza Besigye, has obtained 2, 064, 963 […]
The Police have hailed Ugandans for the peace and calm exhibited during the presidential and parliamentary elections on February 18th and during tallying of votes. The Spokesperson font he Police, Judith Nabakooba says the voting and vote counting were peaceful save for isolated incidents in less than 10 districts in the country. She said the […]
The flag bearer of the National Resistance Movement, President Yoweri Museveni has won the 2011 presidential election with a convincing majority. The Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Badru Kiggundu will shortly this Sunday announce the full official results, but preliminary results indicate Museveni is leading with more than 68%. The Electoral Commission says President Museveni has […]