Museveni has reportedly summoned Nabeta after Nabeta announced yesterday to members of the press that he is quitting active politics such that he concentrates on his private businesses including NBS TV. Mwiru beat Nabeta with a margin of 1,701 votes. A source has told us that Museveni plans to meet Nabeta next Saturday.

We have been told that Museveni wants Nabeta to contest for Jinja East in the next polls because Museveni feels Nabeta is still the suitable NRM candidate for the post.

Nabeta lost his parliamentary seat last month after the High Court nullified his 2011 parliamentary election victory for lack of minimum academic qualifications.

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The candidates in Jinja Municipality MP by election campaigns have warned the government against militarization of campaigns.

Paul Mwiru, the FDC candidate in the race says that the government has militarized campaigns and added that winning polls inUgandaon an opposition ticket is harder than passing through the hole of a needle.

Mwiru claims that the politics in Jinja is over militarized. He says that the government paramilitary groups of Kalangala Action Plan and Kibooko squad are deployed to beat opposition supporters.

He claims that the paramilitary groups are under a watchful eye of the police. Mwiru was addressing a rally at Jinja central market today.

Mwiru warned that the elections in Jinja are destined to be chaotic if the exercise remains militarized. The seat went vacant after the court nullified the election victory of NRM candidate in the race, Nathan Igime Nabeta.

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The delegation of Uganda ’s young politicians held their meeting at Raila’s apartment in Nairobi , according to sources in Kenya .

It should be remembered that when Odinga was contesting for president not so long ago, the UYD activists led by the organisation’s secretary General Sam Muyizzi went and campaigned for him.

Indeed a source in UYD has told this writer that Raila and UYD are friends. A source said that the UYD activists went to Odinga to request him to sponsor their forthcoming delegates’ conference.

Odinga whose presidential election victory is believed to have been robbed or his office has not yet issued press statement explaining what the meeting was all about.

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 The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nathan Igime Nabeta over voter bribery.

 Over three candidates are eying for the seat. These include Nabeta (NRM), Mwiru Paul (FDC) and Mufumbiro Waiswa (DP).

 The electoral commission chairperson, Eng. Badru Kiggundu says that the commission expects the voters to remain peaceful during and after the exercise.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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The DP president General, Norbert Mao says that DP has got money from its supporters to mobilize voters in Jinja East to vote out NRM candidate who would be fronted to replace Nabeta.

Mao says that since DP won Luweero district woman MP by election race, it can not fail to take over victory in Jinja East. Mao tells our informers that his party will ride on Luweero election victory to defeat NRM in Jinja.

Mao further tells informers that his party is now very united and popular so NRM should get prepared to receive political retirement after ‘being defeated by DP in Jinja East.

By James Okello

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Article 81 (4-5) of the Constitution requires every person elected to parliament of Uganda to take oath of allegiance and the oath of Member of Parliament before assuming office.

Uganda laws further provide that no person shall sit or vote in Parliament before taking and subscribing the oaths. Brenda Nabukenya, who is a member of the Democratic Party, will take oath at 10:00am and she is only allowed to come along with only five people.

Nabukenya was elected MP during the recently concluded Luweero district woman MP by elections in which Ms Rebecca Nalwanga, of the ruling National Resistance Movement lost her reelection bid. The seat fell vacant after the High Court nullified the election victory of Nalwanga citing voter bribery.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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This report now cancels rumours that have gone around the town that singer Iryn Namubiru had replaced Nvannungi as Bukenya’s close singing friend or side dish as some people usually want to call such relationship.

We hear Bukenya has requested Sheila to release a hot album and he sponsors its launch the way he sponsored Namubiru’s Birowoozo byoyo eyagenda natadda’ album launch.

A source at CBS where Sheila works as a radio presenter tells us that Sheila had visited Bukenya to conglaturate him upon retaining his parliamentary seat in Busiro North. The seat had gone vacant after the high court nullified his election victory over voter bribery.

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The seat went vacant after the High Court nullified his election victory over voter bribery. We have learnt that over four candidates are eying the seat. The former Vice president, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya and his main rival Kasta Hussein Bukenya are some of the candidates.

In the February parliamentary elections, Bukenya had won the race with 17,382 votes while his rival Kasta got 4,953 votes.

The electoral commission chairperson, Eng. Badru Kiggundu says that from November 11^th to 21^st the commission will be displaying the voters register.

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Now the party leaders have resorted to calling upon their supporters to contribute money towards this “cause”.  DP has fronted Brenda Nabukenya, currently the UYD leader in charge of social affairs to represent the party in the Luweero Woman MP race. The leaders are using SMS messages to call people to contribute money.

The Electoral Commission has started updating the National Voters’ Register for Luweero district in preparation for a by-election for the woman legislator. The commission has also set November 21 as the polling day for the district woman member of parliament.

The seat fell vacant after Ms Nabatanzi Lugudde (Independent) successfully challenged in Court the election victory of Ms Rebecca Lukwago (NRM) over voter bribery.

The updating exercises ended on October 20th. The consultative meeting with the commission officials and stakeholders in Luwero district was held on October 18.

The three Candidates were nominated on October 25 to 26th followed by five days for inspection of candidates’ nomination papers and lodging of complaints. The campaign period has started and the candidates need money to pull off a successful campaign.

By Maureen Nakyanzi

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