Nothing but the truth
Nothing but the truth
According to sources, the violence began on Tuesday evening when Wamimbi and his team moved through villages, firing bullets in the air. Sam Wamimbi, the Aligoli sub-county NRM chairperson in Bukedea District, has died after being attacked during LC III elections. The violence erupted when Wamimbi’s team allegedly arrived at a polling station with pre-marked […]
When contacted for a comment, some of the polling officers from some of the affected polling stations said they had contacted their bosses to direct them on the way forward. Voting and tallying exercises in some Mukono polling stations have been disrupted by hooded goons in drone vehicles, who beat up voters and destroyed election […]
He reminded voters that by staying away from the exercise, they are actually denying themselves service delivery which he said he has been promising to bring once in office. Contestants in Mukono district’s sub-county chairmanship elections have complained about low voter turnout, attributing it to relaxed response from voters. They have appealed to the Electoral […]
This development comes after Nameere’s victory was announced following a four-day recount exercise, which overturned the initial results declared by the Electoral Commission, putting Nalubowa in the winning position. The drama surrounding the Masaka City Woman MP seat has taken a new turn, with Rose Nalubowa’s lawyer, Samuel Muyizzi, petitioning the Masaka High Court to […]
Nalubowa has dismissed the results as a “mockery of democracy” and vowed to challenge them in court. “We protested right from the commencement of the recount exercise, because it was clear that the court process had been hijacked by the state,” she said. Justine Nameere, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate, was on Sunday declared […]
Nakwedde was declared winner with 20,753 votes, followed by the incumbent, Ida Erios Nantaba (Independent) with 16,138, and Birungi third with 15,790 votes. NUP’s Peter Kabanda Declared Mukono Municipality Mayoral Winner Kayunga Chief Magistrate’s Court has today withheld National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Harriet Nakwedde’s victory as the legally elected Woman Member of Parliament for Kayunga […]
Robert Peter Kabanda of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has been declared winner of the Mukono Municipality mayoral race after beating four other candidates in a landslide victory. Kabanda garnered 13,112 votes followed by NRM’s Micdad Mulimira who secured 5,054 yet the incumbent, Erisa Mukasa Nkoyoyo, an independent candidate only registered 2,283 votes. Former presidential […]
The court hearing, presided over by Chief Magistrate John Francis Kaggwa, will determine whether to tally results from all the 105 polling stations. Security is tight in Kayunga District as the court prepares to rule on NRM’s Jackline Birungi’s application for a recount of ballots in the disputed Woman MP election. Birungi alleges that she […]
“Accordingly, as Returning Officer for … MUKONO … Electoral district and in accordance with Section 147 of the Local Governments Act, Cap. 138, I declare … LUKOOYA FRANCIS MUKOOME… who has obtained the largest number of votes to be elected candidate for… MUKONO… Electoral District.” Drama unfolded at Mukono district Electoral Commission tally centre when […]
