Democratic Republic of Congo‘s President Joseph Kabila will not be seeking a third term in December’s election, his spokesperson has said. The governing coalition has nominated former interior minister Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary has been a key supporter of President Kabila to be its candidate. Kabila’s second term ended in 2016, but elections have been delayed […]
Police were forced to remove the opposition officials from the electoral commission stage following the delayed results. Opposition parties rejected the results of the presidential and parliament elections as they were unable to verify the results, according to the Chairman of the opposition MDC Alliance party. Zanu-PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa has beaten MDC leader Nelson Chamisa […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former spy chief installed after Robert Mugabe‘s removal in a coup in November, won Zimbabwe’s presidential election after a poll marred by the deaths of six people in an army crackdown on opposition protests. After two days of claims and counterclaims, the 75-year-old incumbent secured a comfortable victory, polling 2.46 million votes […]
Police had to fire bullets and tear gas among the voters during LC elections yesterday in order to claim down the situation. Electoral commission released a statement postponing of elections in some villages to be carried today. Voting in some villages was disrupted as people’s names went missing on the voters register yet they claim […]
By Becky Kisozi Naluyima LC 1 Elections in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district yesterday afternoon turned into chaos and voting at many polling centers was cancelled until further notice. In several villages, voters turned rowdy, accusing some of the candidates of ferrying voters from outside villages. The Mayor of Nansana Municipality, Regina Bakite confirmed these allegations […]
The public service ministry announced 10th July as national public holiday to enable Ugandans to participate in the LC elections. The elections are to be conducted by lining up as the candidates will take positions and voters queue behind them. However,this method has been rejected by the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) According to […]
Parliament has been asked to accelerate the process of amending the Parliamentary Elections Act to incorporate in the element of regulating electoral financing. According to the executive director Alliance for Finance Monitoring Henry Muguzi, much as the current regal regime bans voter bribery, it does not put a cap on the amount of money to […]
The speaker of parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has defended the method of lining up in choosing LC1 leader saying that it cannot block the rights of voters. This is after the 16 ambassadors that met the speaker of parliament this afternoon showed their concern on the decision to elect LC1 leaders through lining up saying […]
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, Ms Betty Muzanira has been declared winner of the Rukungiri District Woman MP by-election. According to Daily Monitor, Ms Muzanira, who got 50,611 votes beat her biggest rival, National Resistance Movement’s Winfred Matsiko by 4282 votes. Matsiko got 46,329 votes while independent Prisca Mbaguta got 993 votes and […]
Following the Rukungiri District Woman Member of Parliament By-Election held yesterday which saw FDC’s Betty Muzanira as the winner, President Museveni has come out with a statement blaming NRM leaders and Police for NRM’s Winfred Matsiko loss. In a statement posted on facebook, President Museveni first congratulated NRM mobilisers for the work they did; “I […]