Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission, the body tasked with organizing elections in Uganda has said it is misleading to call the 2021 elections scientific. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network – URN, Jotham Taremwa, the Electoral Commission spokesperson said they wonder where people are getting the term scientific …
Read More »Norbert Mao wants parliament to discuss postponing 2021 elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the debate on the recently released Electoral Commission revised roadmap that will see the 2021 elections held without mass campaigns rages, Norbert Mao, the DP president has said parliament should debate the possibility of postponing these elections. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network -URN …
Read More »Tumukunde rejects EC plans of printing ballot papers in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde has said the Electoral Commission is wrong to print ballots for the 2021 general elections in Uganda. Speaking on Wednesday at his home in Kololo, Tumukunde said printing ballots has potential for leakage and duplication which will compromise the integrity …
Read More »COMMENT: Is 2021 ‘scientific election’ informed by science, panic or opportunism?
Analysis of Uganda’s COVID-19-defined general elections COMMENT | JOSEPH MUKASA NGUBWAGYE | Last week, the Electoral Commission (EC) of Uganda launched a new road map for the 2021 general elections. The most controversial pronouncement was that the process, including campaigns and polling, will be “scientific”. In his words, the EC Chairman …
Read More »Tumukunde calls for extension of 2021 elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former security minister Lt Gen. Henry Tumukunde who at the beginning of this year declared his interest to contest for the presidency has called for a postponement of the 2021 general election. Speaking to journalists at his home in Kololo, Tumukunde said it’s impractical …
Read More »2021 elections: Give the media the independence it deserves – experts
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | A group of civil society organisations have urged the government to ensure that the media is allowed to operate without interference as the 2021 general elections get closer. The Independent Electoral Commission announced recently that the election would be conducted ‘scientifically’ where candidates will campaign …
Read More »Museveni rallies Ugandans to support scientific elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has supported the scientific elections model and rallied Ugandans to do the same. In his first public address after the release of the revised electoral roadmap, Museveni said that the Electoral Commission presented three choices to choose from in as far …
Read More »EC starts demarcation of electoral areas in new Mbale city
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has embarked on the fresh demarcation of the Electoral areas in the newly created Mbale City, which will be operationalized on July 1, 2020. Mbale, one of the seven municipalities that were elevated to city status, will have two Divisions from the …
Read More »Scientific election plan stirs mixed reaction among local council leaders
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Masaka have expressed mixed feelings on the new guidelines released by the Electoral Commission to direct the 2021 general elections and campaigns. As part of its roadmap ahead of the general election planned for early next year, the commission barred all …
Read More »Absence of international observers cannot stop polls – EC chairman
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama has said that the absence of international election observers cannot stop an electoral process from taking place. Byabakama’s statement follows a revelation by the Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Uganda, Ambassador Attilio Pacifici …
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