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President Yoweri Museveni has backed NRM electoral commission head Dr Tanga Odoi’s strong stance against manipulation of results from the national primaries held on Friday. The NRM electoral chief has postponed several contests across the country due to violence and suspended some results after reports they were manipulated. In a message congratulating the NRM fraternity…
The final Rushenyi County result for NRM primaries will be announced by the party Electoral Boss Dr. Tanga Odoi on Tuesday. Tanga cancelled the result in which the NRM returning officer declared Naome Kabasharira winner having who trounced Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana with 40 votes. Kabasharira garnered 24,006 while Rukutana got 23,966 votes, but Rukutana’s legal…
THE UNTOLD STORY: What exactly happened in the Rushenyi County, NRM primaries incident in which Hon. Rukutana was provoked to draw a gun in self-defence, against masked attackers? Background On Tuesday, 7th September 2020, Ntungamo Grade One Magistrate, Nazifa Namayanja remanded Rushenyi County MP and the State Minister for Labour, Mr Mwesigwa Rukutana until 15th…
The former minister without portfolio Abdul Nadduli has warned President Yoweri Museveni that if he continues to ignore their advice, he will follow the same route his predecessors Iddi Amin Dada and Apollo Milton Obote took. Nadduli passed his caution message to Museveni during an interview with a local media station on Thursday. He said,…
The National Resisitance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission boss Dr. Tanga Odoi has cancelled the win of state minister for animal husbandry Bright Rwamirama. Rwamirama had been declared winner in the Isingiro North NRM primaries however, Odoi said all the votes cast in Isingiro North and South were not properly conducted and that there was massive…
The National Resistance Movement party Electoral Commission Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi has nullified Nyabushozi County primary election results and warned party candidates and members in Kiruhura District against violence exhibited in the past days. Following a meeting held with the NRM leaders together with NRM electoral officials, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission Dr.…
Forum for Democratic Change [FDC] presidential aspirants Hon. Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Ambassador Wasswa Biriggwa were supposed to commence joint sub-regional campaign meetings in greater Mukono this week but that has been delayed due to lack of funds. FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Sssmuju said that each candidate will continue with their separate campaigns up until…
President Museveni has summoned to State House all leaders at different levels in Sembabule District including Non National Resistance Movement leaders. Those summoned include Sembabule District Chairperson, NRM District Chairperson, all Members of Parliament and all aspirants for the position of Member of Parliament. The others include all sub county chairpersons (LCIII) and all NRM…
Uganda People’s Congress [UPC] President James Akena has lost party Presidency appeal. A panel of three Justices have thrown out Jimmy Akena’s appeal of the UPC’s presidency arguing that he holds it illegally. A panel of three justices of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Irene Mulyagonja upheld the lower court decision. Their unanimous…
Shock and grief as unexpected twist in the ruling party National Resistance Movement primaries occurs, most incumbent Members of Parliament and Ministers lost the party elections. In the heavily contested race, most big wigs on the political scene lost the elections. From Koboko to Bushenyi and different parts of the country, a wind of change…
