The Electoral Commission (EC) has warned aspirants for Members of Parliament and lower local council seats against breaching campaign guidelines as they start official campaigns. As per the Electoral Commission roadmap, the campaign period which commenced on Monday, November 10. 2025, will…
President Yoweri Tibuhabura Kaguta Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, became the first candidate to be nominated for the presidential race in the upcoming 2026 general elections on Tuesday. Museveni, aged 81, is contesting for the country’s highest office for…
The Electoral Commission of Uganda has disqualified Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party from participating in the fourth coming presidential elections. The party had nominated Jimmy James Michael Akena, and Denis Enap Adim for the position of the party’s presidential flag bearer. However,…
By Lazarus Apunyo KARAMOJA: The regional election officer in charge of Karamoja Sub-region, Linos Lima Okori, has cited high illiteracy rate and shortage of magistrates as some of the factors hindering the nomination of candidates. The nomination of candidates for various elective…
By Stanley Ebele The NRM Electoral Commission has suspended the tallying of votes for the Karenga NRM Parliamentary Primaries on Thursday due to disagreements between candidates and Commissioners over the discrepancies in the declaration forms. Tallying had started with Napore West Constituency…
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has declared Nathan Nandala Mafabi as the party’s presidential flagbearer for the 2026 presidential general elections. Nathan Nandala Mafabi was declared the party’s presidential flagbearer by FDC Electoral Commission Chairperson Toterebuka Bamwenda at the party headquarters…
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Election Disputes Tribunal has released a cause list for the first batch of petitions arising from the party’s parliamentary primary elections, with 56 cases set for hearing on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. The hearings will take place…
By Stanley Ebele The people of Karenga District will have to wait a little longer for the final declaration of the long-awaited results of the recent National Resistance Movement (NRM) party primaries for parliamentary flag bearers. This is after the NRM Chairman…