Ugandans should go and vote in peace and decide your leaders because it is your constitutional right – Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today said that no one will destabilize Uganda after the January 14 elections. Speaking in Mityana district where he had gone …
Read More »BYABAKAMA: Voters will not be allowed to witness vote counting
▶ No voters at polling stations during counting ▶ Voters without masks will be turned away Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters will not be allowed to witness the counting of votes at polling stations due to COVID-19 standard operating procedures. This is according to the Electoral Commission. Justice Simon Byabakama, the …
Read More »VOTER EDUCATION: The role of the president
📌 Duties of the President include ✅ Head of state, Head of government, Commander in chief of Uganda Peoples Defence Forces and Fountain of Honour; ✅ Take precedence over all persons in Uganda; ✅ Head of the Executive arm of Government. Executive authority is vested in the President; ✅ Execute and …
Read More »VOTER EDUCATION: Full list of election offences
📌 Election offences and penalties ✳ Voting on behalf of another person (living or dead) ▶ Prison 5 years ✳ Preventing a person from voting ▶ Fine sh100,000 ✳ Voting more than once is an offence and on conviction ▶ Fine sh500,000 ✳ Refusing to have one’s fingers to be inspected ▶ Fine sh100,000 ✳ Election …
Read More »No money no vote – Kamwokya voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A large number of people in Mulimira zone in Kamwokya in Nakawa West constituency continue to shun voting in the NRM primaries, seeking to be paid first before voting for any candidate. Nakawa West Constituency has three people participating in the race including the …
Read More »Electoral Commission seeks to delay inmates right to vote
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission is seeking more time to implement an order to allow Ugandans in the diaspora and those in prisons to participate in electoral processes. The High Court in Kampala issued the order last month on the basis of a petition filed by …
Read More »EC starts verification of voters’ register at village level
NEWS BRIEF: The Electoral Commission started a nationwide exercise to verify particulars of voters on the National Voters’ Register using village (LC 1). The exercise started on October 21st and will end on October 28th conducted in all villages throughout the whole country. “The purpose of the verification exercise …
Read More »Ghost voters in 2021: Register deaths to clear them
Crispin Kaheru is the Coordinator of the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy (CCEDU) which recently wrote an open letter to President Museveni on electoral reforms. He spoke to Ian Katusiime about the issues raised. In your open letter to the President, you talk about monetisation of elections but this sounds …
Read More »LIVE: Provisional Kenya election results
LIVE: Provisional Kenya election results via @IEBCKenya (CLICK TO GET LIVE FEED) Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Polling centres closed and vote counting started an hour after Kenyans flocked to vote Tuesday in elections headlined by a knife-edge battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga. From …
Read More »How the young and restless could change Kenya’s political future
The headlines after 8 August will be about Kenyatta vs. Odinga. But the real contest for Kenya’s future is being waged at a more intimate and local level. Nairobi, Kenya | AFRICAN ARGUMENTS | There is an epic battle afoot over the future of Kenya, but it’s not happening where you might …
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