Here’s what to expect in EC’s 2021 polling kit as we near the 14th
The receipt of the first batch of ballot papers and declaration of results forms (for district woman representative to parliament) was followed by the delivery of the same for Presidential,...
View ArticleUgandaVotes21: EC to run accreditation program until two days from election day
The Electoral Commission started accrediting national and international election observers for the 2021 General Elections in December last year. According to the Chairperson of the Accreditation...
View ArticleElectoral Commission dispatches polling materials for first election cycle
The Electoral Commission dispatched materials for Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Presidential and Parliamentary elections to all districts in the country yesterday. The packing of the polling...
View ArticleElectoral Commission unveils the Biometric Voter Verification System for...
The EC unveiled the workability of the Biometric Voter Verification System (BVVS) yesterday. Such technologies are aimed at enhancing the level of transparency and accountability in events leading to...
View ArticleThe commission provides clarification regarding the controversial state of...
The Electoral Commission has noted the concerns of various stakeholders about the condition (broken seals) of some polling kits which were delivered to districts. The Commission has established that...
View ArticleUGDecides2020: Commission doubles down on media restrictions amidst public...
The EC has responded to the complaints and concerns of stakeholders over the use of cameras and other recording devices inside polling stations. It has stated that given the nature of the polling...
View ArticleVerdict: Exclusion of 1200 reflects that Kyagulanyi was never winning the...
Robert Kyagulanyi undeniably changed the rules of engagement in the 2020/21 electoral cycle. His modesty and purity of mind presented an unprecedented challenge in the Ugandan political arena. Looking...
View ArticleThe Electoral Commission responds to the viral videos of ballot stuffing
In recent videos that became viral on Ugandan social media, it was shown that there were several individuals who stuffed ballot boxes with preticked ballot papers. The allegation is that these were...
View ArticleThe Electoral Commission gives reminder ahead of Monday elections
The Electoral Commission reminds political parties, candidates, voters and the general public that Monday 25th January 2021, was appointed the polling day for elections of Chairpersons, Directly...
View ArticleFool’s endeavour: What next for Kyagulanyi after monumental loss to Museveni
Many that watch the NBS Frontline show may be familiar with Nobert Mao’s quips that often attack the intellect. It’s an indisputable fact that he is one of the brightest Ugandan political minds of this...
View ArticleWealth and Capital: Why many Ugandan businesses suffer stunted growths
The idea that we can all become something is baffling! How is it to be achieved in an individualistic social system. It is paradoxical, one can become whatever one desires yet one cannot do so because...
View ArticleElectoral Commission concludes polling in the 2021 general elections
The polls yesterday were to elect Chairpersons, Directly Elected Councilors and Women Councilors. Campaigns for Chairpersons and Councilors for Sub County, Town Council and Municipal Division elections...
View ArticleElectoral Commission conducts suspended local Government polls
The Electoral Commission conducted local government council elections yesterday in more than fifty electoral areas in different parts of the country where they had been stopped for various reasons. Mr...
View ArticleUganda is Bleeding: Military, Police abuse human rights during delivery of...
Former MP Hon. Kyagulanyi yesterday petitioned the U.N. Human Rights Office over alleged violations of human rights and the prevalent abductions in recent times. President Museveni has rejected the...
View ArticleMTN accused of sabotaging national security and customers privacy through...
The saga has been uncovered by a private sector organization which leads the fight against counterfeit products as well as services on the African continent. MTN stands accused of employing incompetent...
View ArticleThe Ugly Gold Story: How International Fraudsters Posing As Gold Investors...
KAMPALA, Uganda: That several gold deals have gone bad in Uganda is a public secret. That those foreigners posing as the scams victims are equally responsible for their ‘loss,’ is a story The...
View ArticleThe Ugly Gold Story II: How the international questionable ‘Gold Dealer’...
KAMPALA, Uganda: When we wrote last, we broke off at the point where Thomas was calling from where he called Qatar yet he was in Nairobi. The Mzungu was asking Katwesigye to go to Arua to inspect the...
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The Ugly Gold Story: Of How Sneaky American Gold Dealers used and defrauded...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Ugandan lawyer Simon Peter Musangala is reeling from days of incarceration. Up to February this year when kisiraani (misfortune) struck, the diligent lawyer had not been inside any...
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Mohan Kiwanuka Family Tales: Court finds errant son Jordan Kiwanuka...
KAMPALA, Uganda: Two years down the road, court has finally found Jordan Ssebuliba Kiwanuka, the errant ‘son’ to city tycoon Mohan Kiwanuka, guilty and criminally liable of a couple of offences. And...
View ArticleJordan, Mohan Saga; Of how Kiwanuka Becomes Responsible for the Gluttony and...
Many will not like what I say herein! Yet, it is an undeniable truth. Jordan Ssebuliba, the ambition, greed and gluttony, is Frankenstein’s monster; his father filling the shoes of Dr. Victor...
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