The Returning office Arua has declared the detained Wadri Kassiano Ezati, an Independent candidate the winner of the hotly contested Arua Municipality parliamentary seat,Ruth Angom Ococ declared Wadri winner with 6421 votes beating his closest challenges Tiperu Nusura who got 4798 votes.
Read more ...Preliminary reports also indicate that Wadri, the former member of parliament for Terego County, has beaten the other eleven candidates in 31 Mvara Ward polling stations, at Niva Cell polling stations, Awindiri, Junior quarters and at River Oli headquarters polling station and three Bazaar Ward polling stations situated in the centre of Arua town.
Read more ...Afsha Tiko, the chairperson of the NRM Womens League, says the party has given them headache by choosing to impose on them a candidate. She wonders why the party leadership decided to organise primaries and went ahead to rob them of their victory.
Read more ...Rose Lilly Akello has bounced back to Parliament as Kaabong Woman MP after beating Christine Tubo Nakwang in the by-election held on Monday. Akello, who is on the ruling NRM party ticket, polled a total of 21,814 votes against Tubos 21,558 votes. Judith Adiaka Nalibe of the opposition FDC party trailed with 593 votes.
Read more ...Previously each of the nine halls of residence in Makerere University would host one rally before the main rally involving all candidates at Makerere ceremonial grounds -The Freedom Square.
Read more ...Hajj Ahmada Kayongo Nyago, the UMSC electoral commission chairperson reveals that the general assembly resolved to adjust qualifications for candidates for leadership positions to include other professional expertise on top of Islamic theological studies.
Read more ...The Returning office Arua has declared the detained Wadri Kassiano Ezati, an Independent candidate the winner of the hotly contested Arua Municipality parliamentary seat,Ruth Angom Ococ declared Wadri winner with 6421 votes beating his closest challenges Tiperu Nusura who got 4798 votes.
Read more ...Preliminary reports also indicate that Wadri, the former member of parliament for Terego County, has beaten the other eleven candidates in 31 Mvara Ward polling stations, at Niva Cell polling stations, Awindiri, Junior quarters and at River Oli headquarters polling station and three Bazaar Ward polling stations situated in the centre of Arua town.
Read more ...Josephine Angucia, the West Nile Region Police Commander has confirmed the incident but declined to divulge details, saying they are still gathering more information.
Read more ...At most polling stations visited by our reporter, polling materials arrived by 630am while voting commenced between 8am and 8:30am. At Awindiri primary school F-Z and A-E polling stations that have 554 and 635 registered voters respectively, one of the presiding officers failed to show up and had to be replaced by the parish supervisor.
Read more ...Hashim Sulaiman was declared winner. Sulaiman defeated his closest rival Robert Onega of the FDC party with 4483 against Onegas 4159 votes.
Read more ...Peter Abrahams Lokii, the former MP for Jie constituency bounced back to parliament after defeating his main rival Jean Mark Aporu, an independent candidate.
Read more ...The accusations went public shortly after 4 pm when polling stations were closed to pave way for vote counting. The FDC monitoring team led by Obongi County MP Hassan Fungaroo Kaps and Musema Bruce, the FDC candidate in Arua Municipality, raised a red flag over a Police Medical vehicle that was reportedly cited carrying pre-ticked ballot papers.
Read more ...A total of 16,296 voters went to cast their votes in 37 polling stations across the four Divisions in Kotido Municipality. Three candidates are competing for the Parliamentary seat and four battling for the mayoral seat.
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