The voting was further interrupted by rains that lasted over 30 minutes prompting polling Assistants, agents and voters to improvise shelters while others fled the polling stations temporarily.
Read more ...Dr Sam Kazibwe says Lukwago, despite winning comfortably in the just concluded election, he ran the toughest campaign against NUP candidate Nabilah Naggayi which is an indicator that he is headed for tough times with party members in Council.
Read more ...But even with that level of preparation and waiting, Museveni stopped for just a few minutes. His address was a thank you and a caution about COVID-19. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," Museveni said, in company of the First Lady, Janet Kataaha Museveni, before returning to his vehicle, which was immediately driven off.
Read more ...Music Promoter Balaam Barugahara is in the mix coordinating entertainment activities at the venue. One of the entertainers is a traditional dance group, playing and dancing to Kiganda songs and the other is a band which is entertaining the spectators as they wait for Museveni who started his journey in Lyantonde town, early today.
Read more ...At the different polling stations, voters ignored the Standard Operating Procedures such as wearing masks, washing hands and observing the recommended social distance
Read more ...The turnout in Kampala Mayoral and Councilors' elections today has been so low that it has sounded alarm bells for the candidates Monday's polls
Read more ...At the three polling stations at Kampala Hill Academy in Kyebando, four in Kazo Angola, Six at Homisdallen and to the four at St. Paul's Primary School in Kyebando Central, there were no more than five people in the line at any time. At some point, there was no one at all, save for the polling officials and agents.
Read more ...Dr. Katebalirwe says the public needs to know that some of their rights are not absolute and can be suspended for the bigger good like protecting the country.
Read more ...In Kampala, hundreds of voters flocked polling stations as early as 6 am to cast their ballot but many were disappointed by the late delivery of voting materials by the Electoral Commission.
Read more ...The Electoral Commission requires each candidate to present two agents at each of the 34,344 polling stations
Read more ...Mwesigwa argues that in many cases voting materials arrive late at polling stations, which affects voting time where in some cases the exercise goes on even beyond 9 PM.
Read more ...Under the programme, beneficiaries up to 30 in number form associations, and the associations, in turn, will form SACCOS each of which receives 30 million Shillings.
Read more ...The Spokesperson of NUP Joel Ssenyonyi says their campaign program has been frustrated by security personnel and the Electoral Commission which have denied them access to campaign in some districts and arrested their campaign team members.
Read more ...Evidence indicates that on August 28th 2002, the trio poured petrol in the house of Mugagga Kasamba a resident of Nsaasi village in Nakaseke district where mother and child were sleeping and set it ablaze.
Read more ...In the song, 4:24 minutes long titled “Tulonde” Kyagulanyi asks Ugandans to vote so as to get the change they need. The chorus bears a message to voters to turn up in large numbers.
Read more ...The NGOs which include the National NGO Forum and Uganda Women's Network (UWONET), had their accounts frozen by the government in December 2020. The two depend on funding from development partners to implement their activities.
Read more ...Yesterday, Ochola said the police beat Journalists to protect them and that they would continue beating them if they disobey guidance by police, a position CSOs describe as nonsensical. He said he wouldn’t apologize for beating journalist adding that they are beaten to protect them from danger.
Read more ...He says security being trained personnel are expected to act professionally as they exercise their mandate. Security has recently been criticized for using excessive force, brutally beating, arrested and shooting at Ugandans protesting or engaging in political activities like campaigns.
Read more ...The frozen accounts were of the National NGO Forum, a membership organization with over 650 organisations and Uganda Women’s Network (UWONET), an entity that brings together 20 Women’s Rights Organizations and nine individual activists. They were accused of money laundering and funding subversive activities.
Read more ...Ismail Kirya, the UYD president, says that they decided to petition the speaker after their pleas to police to bring all the officers implicated for brutalizing opposition members to book in vain.
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