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Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   As the activities to prepare for the 2021 general elections gather momentum, Uganda Police Force has announced recruitment for 50,000 Special Police Constables -SPCs to guard the polling centres. The Force Spokesperson,  COmmissioner of Police Fred Enanga, said the exercise is going to be …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Civil Society Activists Campaigning against commercialized politics say that the will of the people to vote for useful leaders has been distorted by too much money being used by those aspiring for office. The activists called for action against the growing political commerce during …

Kabarole, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  At least 13 media personalities in Tooro have expressed interest to contest for various elective positions in the 2021 general elections.   They include Ronald Asaba a presenter at Jubilee Radio who seeks to contest as LCV councillor for Busoro Sub County, Davis Besiga, the Voice …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The leader of the Alliance for National Transformation Maj. Gen. Gregory Mugisha Muntu has said that a move by the Electoral Commission to ban physical campaigns tantamount to snatching the right of Ugandans to make informed decisions. Muntu told Uganda Radio Network in an interview …

Kyotera, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  A group of youths from Kyotera and Rakai districts have petitioned the Electoral Commission protesting plans to conduct political campaigns that are void of holding mass rallies and gatherings.   A revised election roadmap for the 2021 general elections which was recently released by the Electoral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Government will not be in position to meet the salary enhancement requirement to all public servants due to several funding requirements for financial year 2020/2021. According to Secretary to the treasury and Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development’s Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi, some of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electoral Commission has opposed a proposal by government to delay polls in newly created districts and constituencies until the next round of general elections. This is one of the proposals in the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Bill, 2019. However, on Tuesday, a delegation from the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Electoral Commission has opposed a proposal by government to delay polls in newly created districts and constituencies until the next round of general elections. This is one of the proposals in the Parliamentary Elections Amendment Bill, 2019. However, on Tuesday, a delegation from the Electoral …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Uganda has forecast a likely rise in prices of goods and services in the months towards the general elections. According to BoU Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, core inflation, which measures the increases in prices of goods and services less electricity, food and water, will peak …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  Greeks vote on Sunday in a general election that is the first in the country’s post-bailout era, which looks set to oust leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after a record-setting four years in power. Greece’s first avowed atheist and longest-serving crisis premier, as well as …