Monica Amono, Soroti Chief Magistrate rejected Amoding’s application on grounds that it lacked facts and evidence.
Read more ...Although the bikes came after the election which was won by the NRM candidate Yoweri Museveni and NRM candidates in the district, Musinguzi says that mobilization for the party should be a daily duty for its leaders.
Read more ...But the results have been contested by almost all candidates, calling the process a sham. Kyagulanyi has since claimed that he won the election "by far," even though he does not release any figures to challenge the tally by the Electoral Commission. However, he says that his team has collected more than enough evidence to show the irregularities that marred the exercise.
Read more ...The elections that were being held at Masaka Recreation Grounds were called off after it emerged that the Electoral Commission had delivered 200 ballot papers instead of 211.
Read more ...Fred Nyanzi who was contesting on the National Unity Platform-NUP ticket petitioned the court seeking vote recounting after citing several irregularities in the declaration of result forms.
Read more ...This is the second slot for NRM in KCCA, after losing all positions of directly elected and women councillors to the National Unity Platform and Forum for Democratic Change candidates. NUP won 41 out of the 44 direct seats in the council, in polls held last week.
Read more ...According to the suit documents seen by URN, the Busoga One Manager, Innocent Anyole, says in his affidavit that on January 14th 2021at around 6:30pm the radio station police officers besieged the station and immediately switched it off.
Read more ...Jimmy Komakech an independent candidate vying for the district male representative for persons with disabilities says that he spent close to 2 million shillings to transport delegates to vote.
Read more ...According to the residents, livestock thieves raid their kraals at night despite the night time curfew imposed by government as part of the COVID-19 containment measures. Residents say when the livestock thieves raid a particular village, they make off with not less than 5 animals.
Read more ...The election that had started smoothly later caused chaos after a new register was found on the polling table and the polling officials couldn't explain its source.
Read more ...Muhammad Nsubuga, the Masaka Region Police spokesperson, says police picked up the body and took it to Kyazanga Health Centre III for postmortem before handing over to the family members for burial.
Read more ...“The procedure for recapitalization is that once the audited accounts for any financial year have been finalized, then the level of capital is determined…whether the capital is impaired or not. Should the capital be impaired and then it is only at such a point when Bank of Uganda requests the Ministry of Finance to present to parliament a request for recapitalization,” said Atingi-Ego.
Read more ...The Minister for Internal Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo has tasked the Director Criminal Investigations Directorate –CID, Grace Akullo, to probe the rampant abductions.
Read more ...Many of the delegates were seen taking photos after ticking the ballots, which they are expected to present to the selected candidates for payment. Our reporter caught some of the delegates discussing the issue of voting and taking photos of the ticked ballot as proof for payment.
Read more ...The Bunyangabu District Returning Officer Evarist Twinomujuni says the election for male councilors representing workers in the district council could not continue as planned over a mix-up of photos and names of candidates.
Read more ...Last week, the SPCs stormed the Hoima City Electoral Commission offices in Kijungu, in Hoima City demanding for the payment of their allowances.
Read more ...Other than the Leader of Opposition, a position provided for under Article 81 of the 1995 Constitution as amended in 2005, there are nine other positions in parliament that NUP is set to take up. These include the Opposition Chief Whip, ane leadership of the four accountability committees; the Public Accounts Committee-PAC, Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE, Local Government Accounts Committee and Committee on Government Assurances.
Read more ...The controversy stems from the credentials one is required to present before being allowed to cast their ballot, something that led to the suspension of the whole process.
Read more ...Mukooza polled 13 votes to defeat independent candidate Hajji Juma Bbosa with seven votes and Peter Mayanja who got five votes, in polls that were held today, at Ntinda School of the Deaf. There were 25 delegates for the polls, five from each of the divisions in Kampala.
Read more ...Michael Lakony, the Amuru District Chairperson and FDC Chairperson, welcomed the court decision, saying it was their second victory.
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