With barely 10 days left to the February 18th presidential elections, President Museveni will sleep comfortably following the latest opinion poll results showing he will win by 65%. In its latest research done between 26th and 30th January 2011, the Afrobarometer says President Yoweri Museveni of the National resistance Movement is still leading with 65% […]
“Honour your vote. Vote issues not wolokoso” is the latest slogan plastered everywhere. But what is wolokoso? My nine-year-old niece thought it was one of the presidential candidates. Unreliable sources confirm that wolokoso means things that don’t make sense. Eight candidates are competing for the post of President in the upcoming elections. They all claim […]
Tthe presidential candidate on Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC)/Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket Retired Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye has written a letter to the Chief of Defense Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima asking him not to involve the army in the elections. Speaking to Journalists in Kampala today, Besigye said that army officers’ utterances that army will be […]
Peoples Development Party (PDP) has threatened to pull back from the presidential race if Electoral Commission does not issue voters cards to those who will be allowed to vote. Elias Wamala the National Campaigns Mobilizer of PDP presidential flag bearer Dr Abed Bwanika says that without voters’ cards to all the voters they are just […]
Some parents have asked the Members of Parliament to set the next elections (2016) in holidays to allow their children of the voting age to participate without much inconvenience. Parents say the Electoral Commission’s slogan that “A vote is every Ugandan’s voice” is some how irrelevant since every time we go for elections, students of […]
Opposition and ruling party Politicians in Uganda seem to be united as both camps in the 2011 elections come to terms with the implications of Tuesday’s court ruling against MPs who are competing in elections on a different ticket than the one in which they came to the 8th Parliament. The Constitutional Court ruled on […]
The United Nations has advised its staff to get ready for the worst case scenario in case the February 2011 elections in Uganda get out of hand. In a statement today, the UN advised its foreign staff to stock enough food stuffs and water in their houses that can take them reasonable days in case […]
As Uganda prepares to hold the 2011 general elections, the country is being placed on a high terror alert with increasing concerns that terrorists might target campaign rallies and election days to once again hit the country and kill many people. The United States Embassy in Kampala has joined the Uganda Police in calling for […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has launched an SMS service where Ugandans can get updates on the 2011 election process on their mobile phones. The SMS (short Message Service) system to get the information about the progress of elections was launched today at hotel Africana in Kampala. The Chairman Electoral Commission Eng. Badru Kiggundu said the […]
It is not yet over for Rebecca Kadaga in the Woman MP race for Kamuli district, as the incumbent and currently unopposed candidate might still have to contend with her opponent. The Kampala High Court has today stopped the cancellation of Kadaga’s opponent Hajjat Rehema Watongole’s academic documents by the Uganda Council of Higher Education […]