Uganda politics

The Electoral Commission has suspended all physical political campaigns from Kampala and some neighboring areas until further notice. This they say comes as a result of the surging Covid-19 cases. “The EC has suspended campaign meetings in districts/cities categorised by Ministry of Health as having high spread of Covid19. From 26/12/20, no campaign meetings will be held in Mbarara, Kabarole, ...

Uganda’s upcoming musical artiste Micheal Mukwaya popularly known as Mikie Wine and the younger brother to Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu has been accused of mismanaging party funds. The singer who was sent to South Africa together with Ssegirinya Muhammad to head NUP fundraising campaigns, is reported to be mishandling the funds. Mikie Wine is being accused of spending part of the ...

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party National Treasurer Hon. Namayanja Rose Nsereko  is confident that President yoweri Museveni will bounce back as president in February 2021. She says nrm regime has created peace, stability, infrastructure and improved on structures to speed up economic growth that needs to be consolidated. “The wave for change by opposition leaders will not yield anything. ...

The Inter-party Organization for Dialogue (IPOD) platform is a safe space to promote important and honest discussions between political parties in Uganda. The platform brings together all of Uganda’s parliamentary political parties. As equal members of the platform, these parties all have an equal voice. The parties are also represented in the IPOD council, the platform’s main guiding body. As ...

Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has advised Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC chairperson to resign if he has failed to do his work. Kyagulanyi said this while speaking to journalists about what they talked about during his meeting with the EC council. The unsatisfied presidential candidate expressed his disappointment in the way Electoral Commission is handling matters saying they are biased. ...