Uganda politics

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 ...

Former Kawempe South MP Mubarak Munyagwa has expressed his fear over the upcoming by-election in Kasese district. Munyagwa thinks that there might be several deaths in the region. This is because the people in the district know how to fight for themselves. And they won’t allow their victory to be stolen by the NRM in case they elect an opposition ...