Madrid, Spain | AFP | Spain’s parliament will vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister at the helm of the country’s first-ever coalition government. Sanchez, who has stayed on as a caretaker premier since inconclusive elections last year, is seeking to be reappointed for another …
Read More »Busoga bishop warns politicians against making empty promises
Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bishop of central Busoga diocese, Rt. Rev. Patrick Wakula has called upon politicians to desist from making empty promises to win elections. While preaching to Christians at Iganga Cathedral Church on Christmas Day, Wakula says that voters are outraged that several promises made in …
Read More »From Biden to Trump, music choices help rally supporters
Washington, United States | AFP | At every campaign rally, Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for the US presidency, waits to hear the first notes of Dolly Parton’s popular country tune “9 to 5” before striding energetically onto the stage to greet wildly enthusiastic supporters. The musical backdrop to this age-old campaign …
Read More »Register for 2020-2021 general elections
COMMENT | Yoweri Kaguta Museveni | Greetings to all of you Ugandans. On New Year’s Day I will make a broadcast where I will give a detailed report of whatever is happening. However, for today I wanted to salute the Electoral Commission for registering voters and also for extending the registration time …
Read More »DEC 23: Electoral Commission again extends register updates deadline
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has further extended the period for the general update of the National Voters’ Register to December 23. Tomorrow was supposed to have been the close of the extended exercise but according to the Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, they “received several requests from …
Read More »UN women to train women vying for political office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women is to train over 6,000 women with political ambitions for the forth coming 2021 general elections. The women will be trained on how to network with influential people, debate eloquently and how …
Read More »LCI chairpersons protest registration of non residents in voters register execrise
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and LCI chairpersons in Nakikota parish, Luweero district have disagreed with Electoral Commission officials over registration of non-residents during the update of the nationals voters’ register. Last month, the Electoral Commission embarked on general update of the National Voters’ Register ahead of 2020-21 …
Read More »Prioritize salary increment not elections- Workers Union tells Finance Ministry
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Government and Allied Workers Union, has asked government to focus on improving the salaries of civil servants other focusing on elections. This comes a week after the Finance Ministry, said government will not be in position to meet salary enhancement requirements for …
Read More »Katikkiro irked by Electoral Commission plan to allow voting without National IDs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom Kattikiro (Premier) Charles Peter Mayiga has rallied Ugandans to verify their names on the national voter’s register and ensure that they possess National Identification Cards (IDs) ahead of the 2021 general elections. He has however been irked by plans by the Electoral …
Read More »Algerian anti-election marchers vote with their feet
Algiers, Algeria | AFP | Algerians are due to elect a new president next month but a huge protest movement bitterly rejects the vote, fearing it will cement in power politicians close to the disgraced old guard. Candidates have been loudly heckled during rare and low-key campaign events and their posters …
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