The electoral commission has noted with concern the incidents that happened in Kasese district woman MP polls and other Local Council by elections across the country. On Saturday 11th August, 2012, the Kasese district returning officer, Kanzira Tumwesigye and the assistant returning officer, Jacqueline Atuhairwe, were arrested by Uganda police allegedly on election-related fraud. The […]
We have heard that the Uganda Aids Commission has started visits to the government offices to carry out HIV/AIDS testing and voluntary counseling. The sources at Statehouse told us that the commission officials visited them on Wednesday and carried out voluntary counseling and HIV testing on them. Sources told us that over 200 officials […]
The Uganda Communications Commission has reminded the members of the general public that the first phase of the on going national registration of owners of video halls, video libraries, and cinema halls in the districts of Kampala, Luweero, Mukono, and Wakiso ends on July 4th, 2012. The commission has also reminded those esteemed stakeholders who […]
It seems the embattled MP for Lubaga North; Singh Katongole is behaving like a wounded Lion or a mad tiger running around the jungles deep in the tropical forests of Africa. We have been reliably informed that the former MP on Wednesday went to the head offices of the electoral commission and knelt down before […]
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 […]
MSc Scholarships in International Primary Health Care: The University of London (External System) is pleased to announce that the Commonwealth scholarships commission has agreed to sponsor students from developing Commonwealth nations to study on-line MSc in International Primary Health Care. Please note that if you are applying for this scholarship, one of your referees must […]
Former Inspector General of Government and currently a high court judge Faith Mwondha has dragged the Monitor Publications Ltd, the editor of Sunday Monitor and Emmanuel Gyezaho accusing them of defaming her. Mwondha says she is aggrieved by the two defaming articles published in the Sunday Monitor newspaper in August 2007, indicating that she was […]
The voting day for the Jinja Municipality East parliamentary by elections will be held on February 9th this year according to the programme the electoral commission has issued. The nomination exercise is already over. The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nathan Igime Nabeta over voter bribery. Over three […]
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 […]
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 […]