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Bukedea Woman MP Annet Anita Among joins race for  Deputy Speakership slot

Bukedea Woman MP Annet Anita Among joins race for Deputy Speakership slot

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Anita Among emerged unopposed in the just concluded election to retain her Bukedea Woman MP seat. Among was the only candidate who was unopposed in Eastern region.bit.ly/bettingoffersug The former FDC deputy treasurer exhibited high levels of professionalism and sound leadership during her tenure as Vice chairperson of the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE). She made her mark during the probe on Bank of Uganda over the fraudulent sale of seven Banks. She is expected to tussle it out with the likes of David Bahati, State minister for Finance, Robina Rwakoojo, Gomba West MP, Muhammed Nsereko, MP for Kampala Central and others. Bahati will have to resign as a minister if he is to vie for deputy speakership as the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure...
Why EC Disqualified NUP Candidate from Central Youth Elections race

Why EC Disqualified NUP Candidate from Central Youth Elections race

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The Uganda Electoral Commission has disqualified the National Unity Platform-NUP central youth parliamentary candidate from the ongoing elections at the National Teacher’s College in Mubende district.bit.ly/bettingoffersug The Central and Southern Region Regional Elections Officer, Robert Baine, said the NUP candidate, Moses Kasule used a voter outside the Electoral College to back his candidature.bit.ly/bettingoffersug Kasule’s troubles started from an application filed Moses Chris Mufakinanye, one of the youth delegates accusing him of flouting the laid nomination procedures in the Parliamentary Elections Act 0f 2005 In his petition, Mufakinanye accused Kasule of using a non-youth council delegate to second his candidature to the Electoral Commission to facilitate his nominatio...
Pressure as Police boss Lokech issues 48-hour ultimatum to police and its sister security agencies on abducted suspects

Pressure as Police boss Lokech issues 48-hour ultimatum to police and its sister security agencies on abducted suspects

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The deputy inspector general of police Maj Gen Paul Lokech has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to police to take to court within 48 hours all people have recently been abducted by security operativesbit.ly/bettingoffersug The order to the Crime Intelligence director, Brig Gen Chris Damulira and his Criminal Investigation Directorate boss AIGP Grace Akullo comes in the wake of an ongoing public outcry about operatives abducting people from various parts of the country. Since the November 18 riots that followed the arrest of then National Unity Platform presidential candidate, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, a number of people have been abducted and bundled into numberless vehicles commonly known as Drones. The operatives who are often clad in military or counter-terrorism poli...
Bobi Wine Demands Repeat Of Presidential Elections

Bobi Wine Demands Repeat Of Presidential Elections

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By Our Reporter National Unity Platform (NUP) former presidential aspirant Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has demanded a repeat of the recently concluded presidential elections, after he rejected the results that put president Yoweri Museveni in the lead, saying it one not free and fair. Bobi Wine today filed a petition against President Museveni’s sixth term, claiming that he was not legally voted  into power by Ugandans as the Electoral Commission asserts and thus wants court to annul the election and announce a rerun of the same. “Bobi Wine wants court to issue an order compelling the Electoral Commission to repeat the presidential election,” Bobi Wine lead lawyer Medard Lubega Ssegona said. Ssegona added that; “Besides repeating the election because it was marred wit...