Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Soroti City and Kumi Municipality, will not be voting for directly elected councillors today after the areas received no ballot papers for the positions as polls started today. Although voting opened across the two divisions in Soroti, there were no ballot papers for …
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Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is low voter turn up at most Polling Stations in Rukungiri municipality as Ugandans vote for municipal Mayors and Councilors. At most polling stations in Rukungiri municipality, electoral officials are seen charting with one another and some are busy on their phones. At Rukungiri …
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Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 39,416 registered voters in Bundibugyo District did not take part in the presidential election exercise this year. The area has 113,472 registered voters across the 298 polling stations in the sub-counties of Bwamba and Bughendera. According to the Declaration of Results forms …
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Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joseph Balikuddembe, the National Unity Platform-NUP candidate for the Lwengo LC V chairperson’s seat has petitioned the Electoral Commission protesting the conduct of the presiding officials deployed in the area. Balikuddembe lost to the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate, Ibrahim Kitatta. In his petition to the …
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Rather than stifle businesses there are ways that the government could have used to prevent misuse breach of security if it had consulted experts Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maverick city lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi petitioned the court on Friday last week to compel telecoms to refund money for unused …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Polling agents and market leadership of Bugolobi market came close to exchanging blows due to the continued closure of businesses located next to Jambula A-M polling station. The disagreement arose after market leadership asked the polling agents to reduce on the demarcations of the polling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed reactions among political Analysts about the possible effect of the voting wave that saw the National Unity Platform, a new political outfit, win a majority of parliamentary and district leadership positions in recent elections. The National Unity Platform, headed by Kyadondo East …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The heavy rains that started at 8:00 am disrupted voting in different parts of Kampala and Entebbe as several polling officials, agents and voters rushed to take shelter in nearby shops, schools and churches. At St. Mbaaga Primary school polling station in Kiwatule where voting …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the State Minister for Water, Ronald Kibuule are living in fear following the threatening messages they are receiving from the friends and relatives of eleven abducted opposition supporters particularly from Mukono North constituency. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voting has been halted at various polling stations within Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district because of a mix-up in polling kits. There was a mix-up of the ballot papers both female and directly elected councillors at several polling stations visited by our reporter in Nabweru …
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