Uganda Elections

UG Elections | Museveni Declared Winner as NUP Becomes the Dominant Party to Lead Opposition in Parliament (LoP) after Disputed Poll
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth term in office, fighting off a challenge from Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu also know as Bobi Wine — who was just a child when Museveni came into power in 1986. Pundits an...

Statement by U.S. Amb. Natalie E. Brown on Cancellation of U.S. Diplomatic Observer Mission of Uganda’s Elections
It is with profound disappointment that I announce U.S. Mission in Uganda’s decision to cancel our diplomatic observation of Uganda’s January 14 elections due to the decision by the Electoral Commission of Uganda to deny mo...

Uganda Decides | Museveni or Bobi Wine? | The Stream on Al Jazeera
Both Kyagulanyi (a popstar who is more popularly know by his stage name Bobi Wine) and Amuriat have been subjected to violence from security forces while on the campaign trail. Amuriat’s car was allegedly shot at by a pol...

Uganda Election | President Museveni says Opposition are Agents of ‘Foreign Interests’ – Channel 4 News UK
Uganda’s police chief has said the country has space in its prisons to cope with any spike in arrests during next week’s presidential elections. The warning comes during a campaign, marked by deadly violence and the...

Al Jazeera | Uganda’s Bobi Wine released, 37 die in Protests Over his Arrest
Uganda’s presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been released on bail, local media reported, as police said the death toll in clashes triggered by his arrest earlier this week hit 37. Wine, who was charged with actions likely t...

Uganda Votes 2021 | Electoral Commission Statement on the Arrest of Candidate Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu
The Electoral Commission has taken note of the arrest of Presidential Candidate Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu of the National Unity Platform (NUP) Party, allegedly for violating the Guidelines issued regarding the conduct of Presi...

Opinion | How to make head and tail of the political casino as campaigns start – By Daniel Kalinaki
It is election campaign season so I took the time to ask a friend, who also happens to be a Member of Parliament, to tell me the current price of power. No, not electricity, dummy, which we all know to be expensive, but politic...