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  Birmingham, UK | NIC CHEESEMAN |   Unrigging Kenyan election The race for State House in Kenya is heating up. After a long period during which President Uhuru Kenyatta looked a shoo-in for re-election, the presidential race is looking increasingly competitive. Although the most reliable polls still give the incumbent a strong lead …

The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) Electoral Committee has on Monday evening pronounced itself on the status of Mujib Kasule’s nomination in the on-going FUFA presidential polls. They ruled that incumbent Moses Magogo will be unopposed. The FUFA Electoral Committee is chaired by Samuel Bakiika with Yusuf Awuye vice …

Kigali, Rwanda | PK MEDIA|  President Paul Kagame has been elected as the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) Presidential flag bearer for the Presidential elections scheduled for August this year. The RPF national congress members elected Kagame unanimously, at meeting held at the new RPF Headquarters in Rusororo which the President, who is …

The Court of Appeal  has declined to  declare  Emmanuel  Musoke as the validly elected Local Council (LC) 5 chairperson for Kalungu District. This after three justices, Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, Elizabeth Musoke and Paul Mugamba concurred  with Masaka High Court judge Lawrence Gidudu that the authenticity of the Declaration …

AATC News by Prof. Wolfgang H. Thome The UNWTO Elections There is no easy way to say this but someone has to say it in a way that everyone can understand what just went down in Madrid, Spain where the Executive Committee of the UN World Tourism Organization just voted for …

Opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye has taken the defiance campaign he launched a year ago to another level- by threatening to organise Local Council Elections if the government does not hold the elections soon. The former FDC presidential candidate rapped the NRM government for cooking up excuses not to organise …

The Court of Appeal on Thursday confirmed Kenneth Soyekwo Cheborion as the validly elected MP for  Tingey County in Kapchorwa District. This after three Justices including Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, Elizabeth Musoke and Paul Mugamba dismissed an election appeal filed by Dr. Steven Chebrot on grounds that he has …

Accept decision of voters, President Kenyatta urges Jubilee primaries losers NAIROBI | PSCU | Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged losers in the Jubilee Party primaries to accept the decision of voters, saying it confirms the level of entrenchment of democracy in the country. Kenyatta said Kenya will be a success as …

Afrobarometer Survey: ‘Only 34% of Ugandans believe 2016 election was free, fair’ Only 34% of Ugandans believe last year’s acrimonious general election was “completely free and fair” according to the latest survey by Afrobarometer, a pan-African, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions and other …

The former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has vowed to organise Local Council (LC) 1 elections countrywide, since according to him, government has failed to fund the exercise. Besigye said the strategy is part of their new political campaign dubbed ‘Five Issues’. Addressing the media …