Tag Archives: Kawempe

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Faridah Nambi Kigongo, the runner-up in the Kawempe North by-elections, has been grilled over her allegations of voter disenfranchisement. Nambi petitioned the court seeking to overturn the election of Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi, the NUP candidate, who garnered 17,939 votes against Nambi’s 9,058. Hearing of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has allowed lawyers representing the winner of Kawempe North elections Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi to cross examine NRM’s Faridah Nambi Kigongo who is challenging his victory. The Court presided over by the Civil Division Judge Benard Namanya on Friday allowed …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The runner-up in the Kawempe North parliamentary elections, Faridah Nambi Kigongo, has accused the winner, Nalukoola Luyimbazi, of interfering with her witnesses and coercing them to retract the statements/evidence they had given in support of her petition. Nambi’s petition seeks to nullify Nalukoola’s election …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has filed its defence in response to a petition by Faridah Nambi Kigongo, challenging the victory of Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi in the Kawempe North by-elections. The Commission has denied all allegations of irregularities that were levied against it by Nambi.  She …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kawempe North MP, Erias Nalukoola has asked Speaker Among to accord him some substantial time on the Order Paper to articulate the predicament in Kawempe North. He asked he be given an opportunity to inform the nation of the issues affecting Kawempe North. Photo …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN  |  The Electoral Commission has officially published the results of the parliamentary by-election for the directly elected Member of Parliament Elias Nalukoola Luyimbazi in Kawempe Division North, Kampala. This is in the Uganda Gazette under General Notice No. 832 of 2025. Earlier …

Why the president and his handlers are misguided on their party’s electoral prospects in Kampala THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda |  I have been asking myself why someone in UPDF unleashed the violent crackdown on journalists and the people of Kawempe during recent byelection in that area. I talked to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have criticized the Electoral Commission (EC) for delaying the gazettement of Luyimbazi Elias Nalukoola, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate who won the recent Kawempe North by-election, preventing him from being sworn in. The matter was raised during a plenary sitting on …

KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has said that the results of last week’s Kawempe North by-election didn’t reflect the strength of the party. Speaking to journalists at Najjanankumbi the party headquarters, Patrick Amuriat Oboi, on Tuesday, the party president said the votes allocated to …

Opposition win in chaotic poll leaves NRM shabby ahead of 2026 COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | After two weeks of chaotic campaigning where baklava masked soldiers dragged and arrested candidates from nomination booths, beat up journalists, and fired live bullets at civilians, Kawempe North Constituency is calm. And it …