Jinja EC Clears Ballot Boxes in Key Pre-Election Verification Exercise
Jinja City is made up of three constituencies, Jinja North, Jinja South East, and Jinja South West, with a combined 185,372 registered voters expected to participate in t...
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VERY SUSPICIOUS: Without Quoting Any Law, Electoral Commission Insists Voters Must Leave Polling Stations After Voting
The Electoral Commission (EC) has cautioned Ugandans against remaining at polling stations after casting their ballots, warning that such actions could trigger chaos and...
Court Upholds EC Decision Blocking Magogo Rival from Budiope East MP Race
The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an appeal by former police officer Daniel Mulirire, keeping in place the Electoral Commission (EC) decision that removed him from...
Lawyers Slam ‘Defective’ Charges against Bireete, Urge Court to End Alleged Unlawful Detention
Lawyers representing human rights activist, Sarah Bireete, have filed urgent applications seeking a production warrant to have her brought before the Buganda Road Chief M...
NUP Candidate Withdraws from Kwania North MP Race
With just a few days to the national elections, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for Kwania North Constituency, Allan Charles Odongo, has withdrawn from the pa...
NRM Releases Final 25% Facilitation for Parish Based Grassrout Mobilization
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has released the fourth and final tranche of facilitation funds for parish-based grassroots mobilisation, marking a key milestone i...
The Quiet Collapse of Electoral Competition
As Uganda heads into the January 15, 2026 general elections, a worrying trend has taken shape across the political landscape: a growing number of opposition and independe...
Uganda: NUP Condemns Campaign Poster Vandalism in Masaka, Accuses Security of Inaction
Tension is rising in Masaka District after supporters of the National Unity Platform (NUP) accused their political rivals of orchestrating the systematic destruction of c...
Uganda: Arrest of Ugandan Activist Ahead of Elections Spells Trouble
On December 30, 2025, two weeks before Uganda's January 15, 2026 elections, security forces raided the home of Sarah Bireete, a prominent human rights activist and govern...
URA Impounds Manafwa District Electoral Commission Vehicle for Ferrying Smuggled Goods
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Eastern Region has impounded a vehicle registered for Electoral Commission Manafwa District, for allegedly ferrying smuggled white flou...