Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
Just hours after the Electoral Commission (EC) had gazetted National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Kawempe North by-election winner, Erias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola, the NRM’s candidate, Faridah Nambi has filed a petition at the EC demanding for vote recount. Our Ref: ADA/EC-1/2025 21/03/2025 To: The Chairperson, Electoral Commission RE: MISCELLANEOUS CAUSE NO.22 OF 2025: NAMBI FARIDAH KIGONGO […]
Nalukoola’s victory has been today published in the Uganda Gazette Vol. CXVIII No. 24 under the Parliamentary Elections Act Cap 177 Sec. 781. After a silence of over two weeks since national Unity Platform’s (NUP) Erias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola won the Kawempe North hot contested parliamentary by-elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has finally succumbed to demands […]
“Martha’s Killers Must Pay Dearly”, Says Seth Murari, Her Father Kawempe North MP-elect, Elias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola, accompanied by National Unity Platform (NUP) Secretary General, David Lewis Rubongoya and party lawyer George Musisi, has petitioned the Electoral Commission (EC) over the delay in gazetting his victory. Nearly two weeks after winning the by-election, Nalukoola has yet […]
At least 950 voters in three cells in the Nyendo-Mukungwe division in Masaka City are in panic over the mysterious deletion of their polling stations from the Electoral Commission’s registers. The affected voters are residents of Kinsadde, Bujja-Njeru located in Nyendo ward and Kitovu Hospital gate cell in Ssenyange ward. For a long time, they have […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has set March 13, 2025, as the date for the by-election to fill the Kawempe North Parliamentary seat. This seat fell vacant following the death of Muhammad Ssegirinya, who died at Lubaga Hospital after weeks of hospitalisation. On Monday, the EC Chairperson Simon Byabakama announced that the electoral process to elect […]
True, 2026 is the year for official ballot casting, but real, live, potent and active politicking kicks off in earnest, this calendar year 2025. It is the year of business for both aspirants and voters alike, time to brace for the toughest leg of the campaigns. Internalizing the techniques of coming to terms with abuses and […]
The Electoral Commission, the body holding the constitutional mandate to compile, maintain, and update the national voters’ register, has rescheduled the exercise in preparations for the 2025/2026 general elections, to run between January 20, and February 10, 2025, from the earlier schedule of January 3 to 24, 2025. The update exercise will be conducted at updated stations throughout Uganda, starting […]
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has asked President Yoweri Museveni to put in place an independent system for the election of the chairperson of Electoral Commission (EC) and the Chief Justice. Kaziimba who doubles as the Chairperson of the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) said that by separating […]
The Luweero District Election Administrator has urged the political party leaders to disseminate the Electoral Commission roadmap to their respective members. Last year, the Electoral Commission released the roadmap leading to the 2026 General Elections, focusing on early preparations and adequate funding for all activities. According to the roadmap, demarcation of the electoral areas will […]
