by Uganda | Jan 18, 2021 | Democracy
Similarly, the Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC) presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, has also rejected the outcomes of the recently concluded election, which he has described as rigged. Amuriat received a mere 3.24% of the votes, amounting to 323,536...
by Uganda | Jun 16, 2020 | Democracy
The Electoral Commission (EC) has disallowed political rallies during the 2020/21 Uganda electoral process to prevent further spread of Coronavirus in Uganda. Speaking Tuesday at the launch of the revised roadmap for the polls, EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama...
by Uganda | Jul 14, 2020 | Democracy
GUIDELINES FOR THE DEMARCATION OF ELECTORAL AREAS FOR UGANDA GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2021 1.0 Introduction The Constitution mandates the Electoral Commission to demarcate electoral areas (EAs) for local government councils’ elections to form local government councils under...
by Uganda | Jul 16, 2020 | Democracy
The chairman of the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC), Justice Simon Byabakama, has criticised what he called a culture of political intolerance in the face of the scientific election roadmap, saying this will not resolve the standoff ahead of the Uganda 2021...
by Uganda | Aug 5, 2020 | Democracy
The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has today backed the Electoral Commission’s (EC) move to bar Political organizations from using its dominant red color. The EC has lately been embroiled in a row with Robert Kyagulanyi’s National Unity Platform (NUP) over the use of...
by Uganda | Apr 23, 2020 | Democracy
Kanuti Akorimo, the Ugandan who lowered the Union Jack and hoisted the Uganda National Flag on October 9, 1962 when the country got independence from Britain, has died. A retired army major, Akorimo succumbed to pneumonia occasioned by a stroke at 7:30am yesterday at...