Uganda People’s Congress-UPC has rubbished allegations by FDC presidential candidate Rt Col Kizza Besigye. This follows Besigye on 1st this month saying that Uganda has never experienced a peaceful power transition without wars. UPC secretary General Edward Sseganyi says UPC in the 60’s captured power from then President Idi Amini’s regime by peace and then from Tito […]
The electoral commission chairman Eng. Badru Kigundu confirms to the nation that the first batch of local council ballot papers will be arriving in the country today from UAE where they have been printed from. Kigundu says, first consignment of 361 ballots papers and the carrier is expected to land at Entebbe international airport at 4pm and […]
Workers in the country have been challenged to vote workers’ representatives who will cause government to change its policies in favour of workers. The call was made by the former commissioner in charge of labour in the Ministry of Gender, labour and social Development Dr.David Ogalam while meeting a number of trade unions in Kampala over […]
The woman member of Kitgum district Beatrice Anywar has abandoned campaigning for any of the opposition leading presidential candidates. Anyar told journalists in Kampala that she is no longer campaigning for either Dr.Kiiza Besigye or Amama Mbabazi though she nominated Amama Mbabazi yet she is hailing from FDC. She said that she refused to campaign for any […]
NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni has pledged to assist land eviction victims in Hoima district. The president made the pledge after being informed that there are land wars in the district which the area RDC attributed to court orders that come even without proper verification of ownership of land. The RDC said that the poor people are […]
The Member of Parliament for Butambala County Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi pleads with the leading opposition presidential candidates in 2016 presidential race Amama Mbabazi and Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye to double their campaigning strategy to deny NRM candidate 51%. The diminishing winning percentage of candidate President Yoweri Museveni from 51% to 40%. Will cause a rerun and giving […]
The electoral commission chairman, Eng. Badru Kigundu and his secretary, Sam Rwakojo confirmed that the first batch of ballot papers for the presidential, parliamentary candidates are jetting in the country today from South Africa. Addressing a news conference yesterday in Kampala, the dual said the commission contracted Pearl Media group in South Africa to do the printing of the ballot papers among other […]
Members of Parliament have mixed reaction over vote rigging as opposition MPs say that the opposition has no capacity to steal votes as alluded by President Yoweri Museveni. The member of Parliament for Busiro East in Wakiso district Medard Segona says the remarks by president Museveni are excuses so that the NRM Party rigs these elections. Kalungu […]
DENIVA Uganda one of the local NGOs that was accredited to observe and do voter civic education in the ongoing general elections has today revealed that the nation is likely not to have a free and fair electoral process if security organs among other state machineries continue violating electoral laws. Addressing a news conference today, DENIVA representative […]
Some Members of Parliament have rubbished the new opinion polls saying they are aimed at duping voters to vote for a particular candidate. A new opinion poll by Research World International (RWI) has placed incumbent President Yoweri Museveni in the lead with 51 percent followed by Forum for Democratic Change party presidential candidate, Kizza Besigye at […]