In the unpredictable contest for Jinja City South West Constituency, where 10 candidates are vying for the sole seat, Bernard Mbayo, the current Speaker of Jinja City Council emerges as a dark horse.Mbayo is also a member of the National Executive of the Urban Authorities Associ
Other candidates in the parliamentary race are Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party flag bearer Simon Opoka, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flag bearer Geoffrey Komakech, and independents Wilfred Opobo, and Edward Odong, all independent candidates.The race for the Laroo-Pec
EC chairperson Justice Simon Mugyenyi Byabakama said the new nomination exercise will take place on November 27 and November 28, 2025.The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced fresh nominations in seven electoral areas after the death of candidates who had been cleared to run
That we expected this election to be violent from the very beginning – and are shocked nothing outstanding has yet happened – is telling enough: Our so-called democracy is simply regimes of violence and poorly-choreographed pretensions.Indeed, the entire country understands
The mood in Kabale has been noticeably shifting in recent weeks, and much of that change is tied to the growing presence of Senior Presidential Advisor on Agriculture, Peace Rugambwa. Her visits have been drawing crowds, not just because she arrives with support, but because she arrives with a me
Norma Susan Otai, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) aspirant for the Bukedea Woman MP seat, has taken legal action against the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among. Otai’s lawsuit, filed in response to what she describes as the EC
Lwemiyaga County MP Theodore Ssekikubo has escalated his challenge against the nomination of his rival, Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Rwashande, accusing Electoral Commission (EC) officials in Ssembabule District of clearing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer using “forged, fraudulent and
For more than two decades, Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda has challenged presidential power, and in this wide-ranging conversation he warns that Uganda is approaching a dangerous crossroads where institutions are collapsing, dissent is criminalised
DF President Mathias Mpuuga has made it clear that Bobi Wine has to demonstrate that he qualifies for and deserves his vote for the position of President as opposed to merely instigating foot soldiers to intimidate him into involuntarily declaring support for him.Mpuuga was spea
MBARARA: TWO MORE NUP CANDIDATES WITHDRAW FROM RACE, QUIT PARTYTwo female National Unity Platform (NUP) candidates in Mbarara have withdrawn from the upcoming local council elections, citing unfulfilled party promises, financial challenges, and lack of campaign support.
