The wave of new information and communication technologies is going to be evident in Uganda’s forthcoming 2011 general elections, with the first major sign being the online display of the voters register. The Uganda Electoral Commission has started the public display of the voters Register ahead of the 2011 Uganda general elections. Voters are being […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission will display the voters’ registers next week from 11th August 2010 to 31st August 2010 such that it can give the public the chance to make any corrections that need to be made to the election register. According to the Electoral Commission Act Section 25, the Electoral Commission is obliged to […]
The National Alliance for Free and Fair Elections has pledged to petition the Parliament of Uganda by September calling for the disbanding of the current Electoral Commission headed by Prof. Badru Kiggundu. . This follows demonstrations around the country orchestrated by NAFFE that were brutally stopped by police with some of the demonstrators being arrested. […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has failed to pay hundreds of people who were employed by the Commission during the up date of the National Voters register from May 3rd to June 18th 2010. They were employed as parish and sub-county supervisors and up date officers who have not been paid their salaries since the closure […]
The bomb blasts that left more than 78 people dead in Kampala last Sunday night will not affect preparations for 2011 general elections in Uganda. The chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Eng. Badru Kiggundu has said the commission’s election programme will go on as scheduled. He says the commission is sure that the sporadic bomb […]
The Parliament of Uganda has ordered the Electoral Commission to collect its judgment debts of about 300 million shillings from the people against whom the EC won Election Petitions. MPs are concerned that though the Electoral Commission has been quick to pay judgments debts to people that win court cases against it, it however has […]
The Electoral Commission is set to conduct elections for the LCV and LCIII leaders of the 24 new districts recently created across the country. The Secretary of the Electoral Commission, Sam Rwakoojo says the commission wants the interim local governments created in the new districts ahead of the 2011 general elections in Uganda. Addressing journalists […]
The Uganda opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party secretary for Women affairs Abooki Nyakato has appealed for quick investigations in cases involving the Uganda Inter-party cooperation (IPC) women league activist to enable them continue to carry out their activities. Nyakato who has been involved in an all women demonstrations aimed at disbanding the Uganda […]
The Member of Parliament for Oyam South, Ishaa Otto has slammed the move by the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) to put more efforts in registering voters in urban areas than rural areas. Otto told Journalists at Parliament that the move is unreasonable because even in rural areas many people have not yet registered. The MP […]
The Uganda Electoral Commission has extended the voter registration deadline to Friday June 19th to allow more Ugandan to register and be able to take part in the 2010 general elections. The Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Badru Kiggundu says the commission has decided to postpone the registration exercise following the hundreds of people who turned […]