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NUP moves Makerere Primaries to party headquarters

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) at Makerere University will hold their primaries at the party’s headquarters after being blocked from holding them within the university. The party is looking for its flag bearer for the guild elections slated for April 14, 2023, …

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Opposition wants end to Uganda’s ‘winner takes all’ elections

Mpuuga: If we had proportional representation, the People’s Progressive Party [PPP] would have more than one Member of Parliament Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A shift from the current “winner-takes-it-all” system to proportional representation is part of the Opposition’s proposed package for constitutional and electoral reforms. According to the Leader …

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Christians want elections of Luwero Diocese Bishop halted

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Christians in Luwero Diocese has petitioned the Provincial Chancellor of the Church of Uganda to halt the election of a fourth Bishop for the Diocese. Reverend Eridard Nsubuga Kironde the current Bishop of Luwero Anglican Diocese is set to retire in July …

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Mbarara City Clerk, Council sued over Boda Boda elections

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara City Boda Boda riders have sued City Clerk Assy Abireeba Tumwesigye and the City Council for suspending the election of their leaders. Through their Umbrella, Mbarara City General Boda Boda Operators Association, the riders say that the City Clerk is acting in a discriminatory …

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Makerere University alumni in court over convocation elections

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of former Makerere University students has petitioned the high court challenging Convocation elections held in December last year. The petitioners led by former contestants Robert Rutaaro, Gerald Karuhanga, and Charles Odongtho through their lawyers of Elgon Advocates are seeking the nullification of the elections, arguing that they didn’t follow established …

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We shall not give up participating in elections: Muntu

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | General Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party president has said that his party is committed to continuing participating in elective politics. Muntu was addressing the media on Thursday at the party’s new headquarters in Bukoto following last week’s Serere County by-election where their candidate …

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Türkiye to hold elections on May 14 despite quakes: Erdogan

Ankara, Turkey | Xinhua | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that his government plans to hold the presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, as the country is still recovering from two devastating earthquakes that struck a large swathe of its southern region in early February. “The time …

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Several polling stations in Nigeria attacked on election day

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigerian police said on Saturday several polling stations had been attacked by gunmen in Lagos, the nation’s economic hub, during the presidential and national assembly polls. Idowu Owohunwa, the police chief in Lagos, told reporters at a press conference in Lagos, that 25 staff of the Independent …

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