According to the returning officer Mable Wakabi they are Betty Hamba an independent, FDC flag bearer FelistusNamuhiriri and PeruthMunaaba also an independent.

Four candidates have booked nomination time tomorrow.

They are NRM’s Florence Nebanda, expected at 9:30am, Sarah Logose at 10, Winfred Mulera expected at 11, while HadijahYenga is booked for noon.

Successfully nominated candidates will then begin their campaigns on Jan 23^rd with polls set for the 11^th of February.

Meanwhile display of the voters register also started today and will run upto the 30^th of January.

The Butaleja district woman parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of Cerinah Nebanda in December last year.

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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party secretary for information, Toterebuka Bamwenda has announced that the current party president, Col. Kiiza Besigye, who has unsuccessfully contested for president thrice, will give it another try in 216.

Toterebuka says that the ongoing election of the party president will not stop Col. Besigye from being the party’s flag-bearer in the 2016 presidential elections. Toterebuka says that Besigye is the FDC top goal scorer whom the party cannot afford to miss.

The FDC constitution provides that on a national presidential candidate, any party member, and not just the party president, can be its presidential candidate as long as that person has been seconded by the party members in a national delegate’s conference.

If Besigye contests for president in 2016, it would be his fourth time of appearing the presidential race. Besigye lost the first three presidential bids to NRM’s Gen. Museveni Kaguta.

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Kampala Central MP Mohammad Nsereko has requested Col. Kiiza Besigye of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) not to contest for president in 2016 general elections.

We have been informed that Nsereko met his supporters in Kisenyi parish yesterday and told them that if Besigye does not realise that it’s high time to call off Ugandan politics, Ugandans will delay to be liberated from Museveni’s regime.

Besigye has been telling Ugandans all along that he’s fighting leaders who don’t want to leave power. The demands for Besigye to quit politics have come at a time when FDC is preparing to replace him as party president.

However Besigye still insists that he will contest for president in 2016 with or without FDC ticket. Besigye has been telling his supporters in secret meetings that he feels okay to contest for president on any of the political pressure groups in Uganda like A4C, Suubi and 4GC.

Nsereko asks for the difference if Besigye insists on contesting for president and Gen. Museveni dreams for the same. Besigye has unsuccessfully contested for president thrice.

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The argument is that if someone like president Museveni is still alive and the people still like him, the country should not be denied the opportunity to benefit from his “visionary” leadership just because the person is above 75 years!

 Some MPs argue that they want the clause deleted in order to allow people aged above 75 years to get an opportunity to ruleUganda. This campaign is being spearheaded by some NRM MPs fromBuganda. However few vocal opposition MPs in the house shout in disapproval, saying that the move will give Museveni a chance to ruleUgandafor life.

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The debate follows an argument in parliament that NRM and president Museveni won last year’s elections overwhelmingly with 85% of the total votes cast (but with only 30% voter turn out).
As if this debate is not enough, there is a heated campaign in parliament about the age limit clause in the National constitution of Uganda.

The argument is that if someone like president Museveni is still alive and the people still like him, the country should not be denied the opportunity to benefit from his “visionary” leadership just because the person is above 75 years!

Some MPs argue that they want the clause deleted in order to allow people aged above 75 years to get an opportunity to rule Uganda. This campaign is being spearheaded by some NRM MPs from Buganda.

However few vocal opposition MPs in the house shout in disapproval, saying that the move will give Museveni a chance to rule Uganda for life.

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The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Bangalore, and HIVOS Knowledge Programme, The Hague, kickstarted the 2011 Digital AlterNatives Video Contest on 15 December 2011. With the tagline of ‘To Be, To Think, To Act, To Connect’, the contest revolves around the theme of the ‘Everyday Digital Native’ and asks participants to share stories on what makes their everyday life ‘digital’.

“The Everyday Digital Native is hiding inside each of us. You ‘think’ digital. You connect using digital devices and gadgets. You act digital, always clicking, linking, tagging and Liking. You know what it means ‘To Be’ digital. It’s simply a way of life,” goes the catchphrase of the video contest.

The contest, which will run over the first year of the new year, through to April 2012, will progress through four main rounds. In the first stage, participants send in their written abstracts by 26^th January 2012, giving details of their video proposal and what inspired their story line. The proposals are then judged by a panel of jurists where 25 ideas get shortlisted to the next round. “The top 25 videos will be put up on both, CIS and HIVOS websites as well on the organization’s YouTube Channel, Super Digital Natives. The public will vote for their top ten favorites. Finally, the judges pick the two best videos among the ten,” say the organizers.

Unlike other video contests where only one winner gets to take it all, the Digital AlterNatives Video Contest will award the Top 10 videos the winning prize of EUR 500 each. All shortlisted videos also get a chance to be part of a film screening at CIS premises in Bangalore before the close of the contest in April next year. The two best video makers also get the ‘Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?’ books and loads of other CIS goodies, including a one year subscription to their favorite digital magazine.

A panel disucssion on ‘The Everyday Digital Native’ is also on the cards, where participants can discuss their ideas and inspiration for the videos at a workshop and interact with the judges. Judges for the video contest come from a wide-ranging spectrum of art, technology and society, including Sweden-based media-art historian, cultural theorist and psychoanalyst Leon Tan, documentary and feature film maker Shashwati Talukdar from India, Dutch installation and digital media artist Jeroen van Loon, ICT practiotioner and technology-for-communities acitvist Becky Band Jain from New York, Namita Aavriti from India, who’s a legal researcher and media practitioner, Mr Abinandhan Ramanujam, cinematographer from the south Indian film industry, HIVOS Knowledge Programme Officer Fieke Jansen, and CIS Director of Research Nishant Shah.

The video contest is part of the ‘Digital Natives with a Cause?’ project, a three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth, technology and change undertaken jointly by CIS and HIVOS. “The project uncovers the ways in which young people in emerging ICT contexts make strategic use of technologies to bring about change in their immediate environments,” elaborates Shah. Ranging from personal stories of transformation to efforts at collective change, it aims to identify knowledge gaps that existing scholarship, practice and popular discourse around an increasing usage, adoption and integration of digital technologies in processes of social and political change.

The organizers are planning a Webinar in the beginning of 2012, where jury members will talk about the idea behind the contest and share tips with participants on how to go about sending in that winning video proposal.

There is no restrictive criteria such as age, language or nationality to apply to the contest. Entries can address topics such as, but are not restricted to digital activism, changing dynamics of relationships in a digital world, education and technology in the classroom, privacy and open data, social media and information sharing, new ways of collaboration, work and research, the rockstar status of hackers, the varied demographics of those who use digital technologies. The written proposals have to be sent in by 08 Janaury 2012 either through the online submission form available at CIS, India website (http://cis-india.org/digital-natives/contests) or through a Word Document via Email. Proposals have to be sent in English, however, the final video can be in any language with English subtitles.

Besides written proposals, the organizers are also anticipating creative submissions in the form of storyboards, sketches or a collage. “We encourage participants to explore the range of visual media at their disposal. Be it a short video narration or a power point presentation, we encourage participants to submit ideas through the medium that best conveys your story.” Organizers say that contestants have a free reign when it comes to the genre and execution of the script. The only stipulation being run-time: the video cannot exceed 10 minutes in run-time and the lower limit is set at 60 seconds.

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The deadline for submission of written proposals is 26 January 2012.

For more information, visit contest page: http://cis-india.org/digital-natives/the-everyday-digital-native

Contact:

Nilofar Ansher

Community Manager: Digital Natives with a Cause?

Email: digitalnatives@cis-india.org | Twitter: @cis_india

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Others would think that perhaps Nambooze could contest as Mukono district woman MP or LC5 chairperson. But this is not true. We have been told that the flamboyant Mukono Municipality MP is preparing to replace her long time pal, Erias Lukwago as Kampala Lord Mayor.

It is said that Nambooze has started laying down all the necessary steps needed for one to become Lord Mayor. However it is not yet known whether Lukwago will seek re-election.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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We call it controversial because she claimed to be 23 years but she looks to be over 26 years. When Sharon was preparing to contest for Big Brother Africa, she announced that she was 25 years old and the people who were at the club got shocked when she finally told them that she was celebrating her 23rd birthday.

Her boyfriend Ronnie Mulindwa was present sweeping off rumours that she had separated with Mulindwa. Many people wished her many years of happy living.

Now it is almost a habit that celebrities hold birthday parties at Club Rouge. Next time we shall interview Nalukenge’s parents to establish her real age.

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We have heard that Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago is planning to resign and leave his deputy in the daily running of KCCA affairs.

A source in his camp tells this informer that Lukwago will resign in around 2015 in order to contest for DP presidency and consequently contest for president of Uganda .

Lukwago climbed to the top political seat in Kampala on an independent ticket and the constitution of Uganda of Uganda requires him to first resign if he is to participate in elective politics of any political party.

Lukwago wants to replace Norbert Mao as the president General of the Democratic Party. According to the Ugandan law, Lukwago also has to first resign if he wants to re-contest for lord mayorship on DP ticket.

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Are you a handsome man with well built body or are you a beautiful young lady with a lithe body, with a killer smile and want to be Mr and Mrs Katwe. If you think you have what it all takes then this could be your chance to become miss or mr Katwe. Katwe is a Kampala suburb, an area known to be a home of robbers, conmen and prostitutes.

Ms Rose Nabwami, the coordinator of the beauty contest says that each winner will walk away with one million shillings cash on top of getting a trip to mweya.

We are told that the beauty contest is sponsored by a Kampala lottery club. In addition to taking part in the beauty contest, each participant must compose one love song and the composer of the winning song will win one million shillings cash.

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