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 d...
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Understanding Hon. Nameere’s Election Saga: The Iron Lady Who Withstood the Opposition Storm to Emerge Masaka City Woman MP
Hon Justine Nameere’s journey to Parliament has been anything but ordinary. Following a bruising political contest and an intense legal battle, she has emerged victorio...
Total Chaos as Two NUP Dudes Fight for KCCA Speakership Job
Intense lobbying has commenced from within the NUP with different Lord Councilor-elects beginning to position themselves for lucrative jobs at City Hall. One of the jobs...
Here’s Why Kavule Is Blaming Shamim Malende for poor Performance of NUP Councillors in Kampala
There is growing consensus among strategists at Kavule-based NUP headquarters that the political relationship between them on one hand and Shamim Malende on the other is...
Chaos reigns at Wakiso elections tally centre as results disputed by candidates
Candidates reviewing results. Opposition NUP candidates alleged rigging, as their DR forms seemed not to tally with the results being declared by the returning officer.Wa...
Mayoral polls plagued by ballot stuffing and voter apathy
Ugandan municipal elections were hit by low voter turnout and claims of fraud, with officials in Masaka and Soroti reporting ballot stuffing and arrests during the mayora...
NUP’s Nubian Li Decries Arrests of Polling Agents in Nakawa
Musician-turned-politician Ali Bukeni, popularly known as Nubian Li, has decried the arrest of his polling agents in parts of Nakawa East during voting for the Nakawa Div...
Muyanja Ssenyonga Heads to Court over Contested Defeat
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze Bakireke condemned what she described as interference by NRM officials in the electoral process, accusing them of coercing the retur...
30 incumbent councillors lose in Busia district
New Busia chairman John Charles Namayindi (left), Joan Aduru Busia registrar (right)Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The just-concluded Local Council Five (LCV) election...
NUP, NRM Nearly Share City Hall Councilor Seats in Kampala
NUP swept most of the directly elected councillor seats in Makindye West and East, as well as Rubaga North and South divisions, losing only one of the five available slot...