voting in Uganda

US Secretary of State meets Uganda Presidential candidates, Civil Society leaders over elections

The US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnny Carson has today held meetings with opposition Presidential candidates and President Yoweri Museveni over the February 18 elections. Carson met Dr. Kiiza Besigye of the Inter party Cooperation/ Forum for Democratic Change, Olara Otunnu of the Uganda People’s Congress and Norbert Mao of the Democratic […]

Uganda should avoid violence in 2011 general elections

By Josepha Jabo, Kampala Many Ugandans are praying for peaceful presidential elections, and there is no reason why we cannot have them. The 2011 presidential elections have eight candidates in the race and naturally their supporters want them to win. However, to achieve this, Uganda doesn’t have to experience a repeat performance of Kenya’s 2007-08 […]