Elections 2016

Judges unanimously accept the 5 amendments to Mbabazi’s petition

Judges unanimously accept the 5 amendments to Mbabazi’s petition

The nine Supreme Court judges have unanimously accepted the 5 amendments to candidate Amama Mbabazi’s petition challenging President Museveni’s re-election. The ruling read by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe comes after the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and lawyers representing Yoweri Museveni, objected to the amendments presented earlier by Amama Mbabazi’s legal team. Mbabazi lodged the initial […]

Longest serving parliamentarians – winners and losers

Longest serving parliamentarians – winners and losers

As Majority of the longest serving ministers and members of parliament lost in the just concluded parliamentary elections, those who survived speak out on how they made it. One of the ministers who has been in parliament for more than two terms Ruth Nankabirwa says although  the election process was too tough,  including her being  challenged  for over stay, she explains […]

European Union concerned over commercialization in elections

European Union concerned over commercialization in elections

European Union is concerned over the high level of commercialization of politics in election campaigns as the country is heading for elections in 2016. The concern was raised by the head of the European Union, Ambassador Kristian Schmidt, while meeting the deputy speaker of parliament Jacob Oulanyah as the EU delegation is in the country […]