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By Julius Odeke The Public Relations Officer for Electoral Commission, Charles Ochola says his office is ready to organize for any by-elections provided the clerk to parliament writes to Electoral Commission informing them of any vacant seat in parliament. Ochola told Independent on a telephone interview that, “We have just …

By Julius Odeke The nomination exercise for the by-elections in both Kamuli and Kween districts are on-going in the respective districts’ registrar’s office. The Public Relation Officer at Electoral Commission, Charles Ochola says the exercise started smoothly in the morning with the intending candidates who he says can include any Ugandan of …

By Julius Businge Police has this afternoon blocked Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and Kizza Besigye from leaving the City Hall to Kalerwe, a Kampala suburb where the duo and others had planned to inspect civil works and other activities. Lukwago told journalists in his office earlier that “no one would …

By Julius Odeke NRM’s Alengot exposes unpopularity of Teso old guard It is no secret that the Sept.12 Usuk County by-election that threw up an unlikely winner, 19-year old Proscovia Alengot Oromait, was a turf fight between the old guard; Soroti Municipality MP, 56-year old Mike Mukula and Amuria County …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Kasese, Bundibugyo tense  ahead of by-election On the morning of June 30, the king of the Rwenzururu, Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere Iremangoma, received an unusual phone call from President Yoweri Museveni. The Omusinga was that morning preparing for the 50th anniversary celebrations of his people’s declaration …

By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi Experts say the special mix of dictatorship and democratic rituals has made citizens lose hope in elections As Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga announced the return of protests on July 4, he acknowledged the odds his campaign is up against, but dismissed them. “The notion that …

By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Hardly two months after an Afrobarometer opinion poll indicted President Yoweri Museveni’s management of Uganda and provoked the ire of First Lady Janet Museveni, another poll has arrived at a similar conclusion: Most Ugandans want the old man out. Near the top of the list of …

By Agather Atuhaire Does NRM’s overwhelming Parliamentary majority give it license to silence other voices in the regional assembly? Uganda’s Parliament risks frustrating commencement of the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly with its unwillingness to implement a ruling of the East African Court of Justice with respect to how Uganda’s …

By Andrew M. Mwenda How theft of public resources has been used to build a broad multi ethnic coalition that sustains Uganda’s political system The last Quarter of 2011 in Uganda was filled with one corruption scandal after another. Yet in spite of many corruption scandals unearthed, the mass media …

By eriasa mukiibi sserunjigi How accurate is Museveni’s 66% poll score? IPC survey says Besigye has 60%. Does he? The heated debate over the credibility of the recent pre-2011 election survey by Afrobarometer that gave the incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, a commanding lead of 66 percent has obscured assessment of …