Uganda Election Petition Battle Begins

The high-profile legal battle between president-elect Yoweri Museveni and his former ally John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, who is challenging his victory, is starting in the Supreme Court.

A voter in Mengo, Kampala casts his vote after a grenade exploded there the night before the vote. Police are investigating the explosion which killed at least 3 people.

  • Uganda:   Election Petition Battle Begins

    Monitor, 7 March 2016

    The high profile legal battle between president-elect Yoweri Museveni and former ally John Patrick Amama Mbabazi, who is challenging his victory, starts today at the country's… Read more »

  • Uganda:   We Undoubtedly Won the Elections - Besigye

    Independent (Kampala), 5 March 2016

    After the 2011 elections, all political parties (including NRM) concurred that electoral and political reforms were necessary in order to have free and fair elections in 2016. Read more »

  • Uganda:   Besigye Chief Campaigner Detained

    Monitor, 7 March 2016

    The chief campaigner for the former Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Kizza Besigye in Rukungiri District, Mr Darius Tweyambe, has been detained at Ntungamo Police… Read more »

  • Uganda:   Groups Seek to End Uganda's Political Impasse

    East African, 6 March 2016

    Efforts are underway to get Uganda's ruling NRM party and the opposition Forum for Democratic Change to contribute to a minimum agenda for dialogue to resolve the tension in the… Read more »

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