The Chairman Electoral Commission Eng. Badru Kiggundu has said that he is ready to conduct the elections on Friday 18th this month. While addressing the media in Kampala, the confidently talking Kiggundu said that even if elections were held today he is ready to conduct them. Kiggundu has promised to produce the results in 48 […]
The Constitutional Court has stopped the Electoral Commission from deregistering the Kampala Central mayoral candidate Erias Lukwago from the Kampala mayoral race. The Electoral Commission had summoned Lukwago for an explanation tomorrow after Geoffrey Serwadda asked EC to disqualify Lukwago for having been involved in a criminal case with the court martial in 2005. The […]
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 […]
Education qualifications are turning out to be a defining factor in the Kampala mayoral race with the two leading contenders Erias Lukwango and Peter Sematimba involved. Erias Lukwago, the MP for Kampala central who is competing as an independent today appeared before the Electoral Commission to defend his academic papers after a voter petitioned the […]
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 […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has announced that a total of 13,954,129 Ugandans have been registered to vote in the 2011 general elections. The Electoral Commission Chairman, Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu says the national voters register is complete and all polling stations have been issues with their respective voters registers. He says despite concerns from several […]
The Electoral Commission has noted the concern expressed by members of the public, civil society organisations, candidates and political parties, over the non issuance of Voters’ Cards to persons who registered as voters but have not yet received their cards. In March 2010, the Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, signed a […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has expressed concern at the formation of militia groups by different political groups in Uganda, which the elections body is worried might lead to violence during the 2011 general elections. The Chairman of the EC, Eng. Dr. Badru Kiggundu told a briefing of journalists and diplomats on Wednesday that several political […]