Tag Archives: Voter

By Mulengera Reporters As MPs voted the new Speaker of Parliament, one of them indicated ‘Oboth-Tayebwa’ and the Chief Justice Flavian Zeija, who presided over the exercise at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, declared that an invalid vote. This displeased President Museveni, who in a subsequent speech, protested this apparent voter suppression because, in his view, that voter’s intention was very clear. …

By John Katanywa Uganda has just concluded both presidential and parliamentary elections with the country registering the lowest voter turn up ever, according to results declared by the Electoral Commission. This unprecedented civic withdrawal highlights a growing crisis of public confidence in presidential and parliamentary elections. Official figures indicate that just over eleven million voters participated in the election out …

By Kabuye Ronald The Electoral Commission (EC) has accredited only 51 organizations out of over 100 applicants to participate in voter education, election monitoring, and other electoral activities ahead of Uganda’s 2026 General Elections, scheduled to take place between January and February 2026. The announcement was made by Jacinta Kasozi, an official from the EC’s Voter Education and Training Department, …