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Karamoja, Teso Parliamentary losers to back Mao for speakership

Karamoja, Teso Parliamentary losers to back Mao for speakership

Teso/Karamoja – Several parliamentary candidates who lost in the just concluded elections across Teso and Karamoja have started holding meetings with those who were elected to ensure that they vote for DP Party Chairman Mr. Norbert Mao for the speakership of the 12th Parliament.In secre

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Kanyesigye floors NRM’s Ampaire to win National Female Youth MP Seat

Kanyesigye floors NRM’s Ampaire to win National Female Youth MP Seat

Independent candidate Mercy Kanyesigye Friday defeated NRM’s Flag bearer Dianah Ampaire Kampe to win the National Female Youth MP seat after a closely fought vote in Hoima.Hoima, Uganda: Mercy Kanyesigye, running as an independent candidate, has been declared the winner of the National F

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DJ Jacob Omutuzze Cries Foul After Losing Bunamwaya Division LC3 Chairmanship

DJ Jacob Omutuzze Cries Foul After Losing Bunamwaya Division LC3 Chairmanship

Popular media personality DJ Jacob Omutuzze is a disappointed man after losing his Bunamwaya Division LC3 Chairmanship seat in elections held earlier this week on Wednesday.Omutuzze, who contested on the National Unity Platform (NUP) ticket, was defeated by the ruling party candidate Namal

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Kasibante applies to withdraw presidential election petition over prohibitive litigation costs

Kasibante applies to withdraw presidential election petition over prohibitive litigation costs

Robert Kasibante of the National Peasants’ Party, a former presidential candidate, seeks to overturn President Museveni’s victory, citing alleged widespread irregularities, violence and the misuse of state resourcesKAMPALA, Uganda — Former presidential candidate Robert Kasibante has

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Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Rigging aside, why are we still voting from basins?

Uganda’s elections are often discussed through the familiar vocabulary of irregularities: Intimidation, militarisation, ballot stuffing, voter bribery, and contested results. These are serious concerns. But beneath the headline controversies lies a quieter, almost embarrassing question that rar

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EXCLUSIVE: Museveni appoints Otafiire, Kadaga, and Muhwezi to CEC as historicals

EXCLUSIVE: Museveni appoints Otafiire, Kadaga, and Muhwezi to CEC as historicals

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appointed Major General (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire, Ms Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, and Major General (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi to the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) as historicals, Eagle Online has exclusively learnt.The ap

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Parish Presiding Officer, Constable Arrested Over Election Fraud in Mubende

Parish Presiding Officer, Constable Arrested Over Election Fraud in Mubende

Police in Mubende District have arrested a parish presiding officer and a police constable over alleged election fraud after unsealed ballot boxes and conflicting declaration forms were discovered at a sub-county tally centre, forcing the cancellation of local government election results.T

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Inside Uganda’s elections, where goons set the rules

Inside Uganda’s elections, where goons set the rules

On December 7, 2025, Reuters carried a stark headline that rippled across Uganda’s political landscape: “Bobi Wine says Uganda security forces beat him.”The wire story reported that Uganda’s leading opposition figure, Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, said he was bea

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Uganda: NRM's Turyamureeba Secures Second Term As Kitagwenda Town Council Chairperson

Uganda: NRM's Turyamureeba Secures Second Term As Kitagwenda Town Council Chairperson

Patrick Turyamureeba Payi has been re-elected as the Chairperson of Kitagwenda Town Council for a second term, securing a decisive victory in the just-concluded polls.Turyamureeba, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, was officially declared winner by the District Returning

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Unsealed Ballot Papers Spark Concerns Among Kakira LCIII Candidates

Unsealed Ballot Papers Spark Concerns Among Kakira LCIII Candidates

Candidates contesting for the Kakira Town Council LCIII position in Jinja District have raised concerns over unsealed ballot papers, contrary to the guidelines provided during a pre-election stakeholders’ engagement held yesterday. At three polling stations, Mwiri Playground, Mwiri-Waira

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