Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ten election symbols approved by the Electoral Commission for independent candidates are not enough. THe symbols are: bicycles, pot, clock, chair, saucepan, table, cup, radio, kettle and ball. However, these symbols have been exhausted by the local government direct councilors in some electoral areas. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The chairman of the Electoral Commission Justice Simon Byabakama has implored voters to shun any candidate who engages in electoral violence. Speaking on Thursday at the Electoral Commission offices along Jinja road in Kampala, Byabakama said those who engage in violence discredit the work that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), the biggest opposition political party has rejected the guidelines that were issued by the Electoral Commission last week on how to hold scientific campaigns in the coming 2021 general elections. Speaking to the media at the party’s headquarters at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has taken a decision not to declare a state of emergency in the country which would lead to the postponement of the 2021 general elections. The Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ministers, Ephraim Kamuntu disclosed this while appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has poked holes in the revised election roadmap for the 2021 polls which was recently unveiled by the Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama. The disapproval came after a statement presented to Parliament by Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Ephraim Kamuntu on Tuesday. In …
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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 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has said either the Electoral Commission organizes a normal election as commanded by the constitution and other electoral laws or abandons the plan for holding elections in 2021. Kyagulanyi told Journalists in Kampala that they were taken aback by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nine internal election observers have so far meant the requirements to monitor the 2021 general election, Uganda Radio Network has learnt. These include; Intellectual Aid Network Uganda, Uganda National NGO Forum, Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) and Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM). …
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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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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
