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 […]
H.E THE PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON KAWEMPE NORTH BY-ELECTION Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu, greetings. It is good that we are getting the rains after a very hot season. Stop damaging the environment, please, wherever you are. In this piece, I am writing to inform you that an electoral and criminal investigation has started in the […]
As Ugandans are grappling with how to reconcile with the aftermath of the short lived but hard-to-forget March 13th Kawempe North parliamentary by-election, members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party have rejected the by election result released by the electoral commission. It has been reliably learnt that during the […]
The Electoral Commission has declared Erias Luyimbaazi Nalukoola as the duly elected Member of Parliament for Kawempe North by-election. Nalukoola has garnered 17,764 votes followed by NRM’s Faridah Nambi with 8,593, Mulerwa Hanifah Karadi, independent 381, Luwemba Lusswa Muhammad 240 and FDC’s Sadat Mukiibi a.k.a Khalifah Aganaga 239. Others are; Muhamood Mutazindwa Independent, 186, […]
Kiwanda noted that the artistes’ compositions awoke Ugandans to President Museveni’s achievements, which he said has gone a long way in reminding the country where they came from and where they are destined. In the final campaign round for Kawempe North by-elections, local artistes under their signature campaign music logo titled ‘Museveni Awooma’ organised a […]
Bulambuli District National Resistance Movement (NRM) party office has summoned the three sub-county registrars over the inflation of voter registers. Last week, members from four villages in Sotti sub-county, Bulambuli District, specifically, noticed that the displayed voter numbers were significantly lower than the actual numbers in the register. For instance, in Namagude village, the displayed number […]
It was February 26, 2025 when an angry and frustrated NRM diehard, Benjamin Agaba shocked the nation when out of own conscience decided to pour petrol on himself and later ignited fire. The security operatives guarding at the Parliament of Uganda’s main gate rushed to put off the fire from Agaba who was already burning […]
Kyambogo University Electoral Commission (EC) has disqualified two prominent guild presidential candidates 2024/2025 for flouting the university rules and guidelines. The affected candidates include, National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Humphrey Mugalya and National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) Thomas Rwantonzi a.k.a Masavu. It is alleged that one of the reasons which made the duo to be disqualified was […]
Six days to the ballot casting day for Kawempe North by-election, candidates have changed tactics from the mainstream rallies to intensified ‘kakuyege’ (house-to-house) campaigning in the last minute canvassing for votes. NRM candidate Hajat Faridah Nambi was in Mpererwe ward meeting youths and women and selling his manifesto to them. They variously asked her to […]
