Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Edmund Ariko has been elected the Soroti East Member of Parliament. Ariko who contested on the National Resistance Movement-NRM party ticket defeated his closest rival Moses Attan Okia. Ariko garnered 9,407 votes against Attan’s 8,771 votes. The Uganda Peoples’ Congress-UPC candidate, Pascal Amuriat got …
Read More »Soroti East by-election: VP Alupo pleads with voters to support NRM candidate
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Vice President Jessica Alupo has added her weight to the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate, Herbert Edmund Ariko for the Soroti East parliamentary by-elections. Alupo who was accompanied by seven ministers and several Members of Parliament from Teso and Karamoja sub-regions campaigned in Otatai, Acetgwen, …
Read More »Soroti East by-election: NRM candidate emabarks on door to door campaigns
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Edmund Ariko, the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate in the Soroti East by-election on Thursday held door-to-door campaigns to lure potential voters. Ariko reached out to voters in their homes and business premises. He says that he wants to redeem the new city from …
Read More »1,600 new voters registered for Soroti East by-election
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has registered an additional 1,679 voters for the Soroti East by-election. In the 2021 general elections, Soroti City East Division had 34,784 registered voters, but the number has now increased to 36,481 voters. During the update of the National Voters’ Register that was …
Read More »NUP backs FDC candidate for Soroti East by-election
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP will not field a candidate in the Soroti City East Parliamentary by-election. The position became vacant after the Court of Appeal nullified the victory of Forum for Democratic Change, FDC’s Moses Attan. In May, the court ruled that it was convinced …
Read More »EC deploys new registrar ahead of Soroti East by-election
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has deployed a new registrar as the Soroti City East by-election roadmap takes shape. The commission has deployed the Nwoya returning officer, Christian Eyu to preside over the by-elections. She replaces Charles Egimu, the Soroti City registrar who is being accused of …
Read More »EC dispatches voting materials ahead of Omoro by-election
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has dispatched polling materials that will be used in the Omoro County by-election on Thursday. The materials include registers, ballot boxes, ballot papers, Biometric Voter Verification Kits, and basins among others. Moses Kagona, the Electoral Commission returning officer for Omoro district says …
Read More »Mugisha Muntu calls for peaceful election in Omoro county
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party president, Rtd. Gen. Mugisha Muntu has called for a peaceful by-election in Omoro County. Elections for the Omoro County Member of Parliament are scheduled for May 26th, 2022. Six candidates are vying for the position. They include; Andrew …
Read More »Police intensify security operations ahead of Omoro by-election
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have mounted a number of checkpoints and deployed security personnel along major roads within Omoro district to beef security ahead of the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election. The checkpoints are visible within Opit town council and along roads connecting Opit town council to Lalogi …
Read More »Voters in Omoro caution candidates against empty promises
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Omoro county have cautioned candidates against making promises that they will not fulfill once elected into office. Six candidates are vying for the Omoro County Parliamentary seat that fell vacant on March 20, following the death of the former MP Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. …
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