Uganda politics

The National Unity Platform (NUP) has come out to once again reveal that there is democracy in Uganda. While appearing on the NBS Barometer show, NUP’s deputy spokesperson, Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro confirmed this. He said that as a party, they want to use this democracy to unseat the ruling government. Further, Mufumbiro said that it’s the democracy in this country ...

EC Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya, has said Soroti had a very free campaign process and this is what they want in other areas that are going to have by-elections. However, he advised agents to act in accordance with the rules that govern the election procedure. “Soroti East had a very free campaign process where candidates campaigned with their principals. We want ...

Opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has said it had started compiling evidence in the by-election in Soroti East with which they will petition court challenging the results. Christine Eyu, the Soroti District returning officer declared Mr. Herbert Edmund Ariko from NRM as the winner of the by-election. He garnered 9,257 votes against Mr. Moses Attan Okia (FDC) who ...

Forum for Democratic Change, FDC, has said they are going to challenge the Soroti East by-blection results. The party’s deputy spokesperson, John Kikonyogo, noted that they are gathering evidence of the unbecoming activities they say marred the by-election. “The heightened election which we believe was won by FDC’s Moses Attan, was marred with grave irregularities which include massive ballot stuffing, ...

Dr. Tanga Odoi, the Chairman of the NRM Electoral Commission, has said the opposition should get ready for more defeat. He said this while commenting about the Soroti City East by-elections that were just concluded last week. By the end of the election exercise, NRM had won the race to the dismay of opposition. Odoi, however, says this is just ...