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Electoral Commission officials arrested over rigging voters in Bukoto South in favour of NRM

  It has been discovered today that the Uganda electoral commission’s election exercises lacks fairness, accuracy, truth and justice. The discovery has been discovered today at Buyonga Poling Station in Kisekka Sub County in Lwengo (Bukoto South) in greater Masaka district when the presiding Officer, identified as Fred Ssemanda Omoding was arrested for allegedly giving […]

NRM must win Bukoto South parliamentary by elections, Museveni directs electoral commission

  President Museveni has vowed that his ruling political party, NRM will win the Bukoto South parliamentary by elections on July 12th at all costs. Museveni says that the claims that the NRM flag-bearer in the race Alintuma Nsambu insulted Kabaka Ronald Mutebi and influenced the closure of CBS radio station are false and should […]

Singh knells before electoral commission officials asking them not to gazette Moses Kasibante

  There was drama at the headquarters of the electoral commission today when the embattled Lubaga North MP, Singh Katongole stormed the office of the chairperson of the commission and pleaded with him not to gazette his polirical rival, Moses Kasibante, as the dully elected Rubaga North MP. Singh who reportedly went secretly to the […]

Who is Sam Lwakoojo, the Secretary to the Electoral Commission Uganda?

He is suave and debonair. Sam Rwakoojo is the Secretary to the Uganda Electoral Commission. Rwakoojo is widely learnt. He is a graduate of BA Accounting Business Admin and Economics at Mc Pherson College, Kansas United States of America (USA). Sam Rwakoojo is also the Accounting Officer of the Electoral Commission inUganda. The secretary has […]

Electoral commission holds meeting with NRM

The electoral commission has held a closed door meeting with the political party leadership inUgandaincluding the National Resistance Movement (NRM). The Monday consultative meeting dubbed ‘the National Consultative Forum’ took place at Ranch on the Lakein Wakiso district. The political parties discussed good governance, economy and rule of law among others issues. The meeting was […]

Betty Kamya meets Uganda Electoral Commission officials

The President General of Uganda Federal Alliance, Betty Namisango Kamya has met with the officials of Electoral Commission inKampalatoday to agree on the roadmap towards the preparation of the referendum to change the system of governance from unitary to federalism in 2015. The electoral commission decided to meet Betty Kamya today five days back. The […]

LCI chairpersons forge Electoral commission appointment letters

 The Electoral Commission has discovered that some LCI executives forge commission’s appointment letters. The commission’s chairperson, Eng. Badru Kiggundu has asked the police to investigate all persons on LCI committees who forge the commission’s appointment letters. Kiggundu says that the commission has received information that in Makindye Division in Kampala, some people last week forged […]

Major reshuffle looming at Uganda electoral commission

We have been told by impeccable sources that a major reshuffle is looming at the electoral commission over what the ruling government calls offering poor quality services. A source in government intimates to us that the appointing authority has instructed the commission chairman, Prof. Badru Kiggundu to outline all the commission workers sidelining with opposition […]

When Uganda electoral commission can accept vote recount

  The electoral commission recently reinstated the Democratic Party’s Brenda Nabukenya as the genuine woman MP for Luweero district. Nabukenya had been declared the winner of the polls after the commission cancelled its earlier call for vote recount. The National Resistance Movement candidate who was the first runner up, Rebecca Nalwanga in her application, had […]

Lukwago testifies against Singh and Electoral Commission

The Kampala Lord Mayor Elias Lukwago has informed court that the vote recount for the Lubaga North Parliamentary election was in total contravention of the law which renders its outcome null and void. During cross examination, Lukwago has told the high court session presided over by Justice Kibuuka Musoke that the Electoral Commision contravened the […]