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Uganda: 2021 - MPs Reject Digital Campaigns
Monitor, 2 July 2020
Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee yesterday rejected the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision banning open public rallies ahead… Read more »
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Uganda: Cost of Digital Campaigns Worries 2021 Contestants
Monitor, 26 June 2020
The 2021 General Elections present unique challenges and opportunities for those vying for different elective positions across the country. For the first time, if it goes as… Read more »
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Uganda: 2021 General Elections Will Be Free, Fair - Government
Monitor, 23 January 2020
With less than a year to the start of the 2021 general election campaigns, government has promised to comply with the key principles of the African Charter on Democracy, Elections… Read more »
MPs Reject Digital Campaigns for the 2021 Uganda Elections
Members of Parliament sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have raised concern that the ban would be to the disadvantage of the candidates participating in the polls. The MPs have asked government to consider declaring a state of emergency so that the polls, whose "credibility" is being threatened by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, can be postponed.
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Ugandan presidential hopeful and MP, Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, has insisted he will hold open air rallies when the campaigns for 2021 General Election start ... Read more »
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Candidates seeking electoral positions in Uganda's general election will have to conduct their campaigns without physical contact, the Electoral Commission has said.The outbreak of ... Read more »
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Kizza Besigye, 62, is positioning himself to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the fifth time, while pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine will only say he is "seriously ... Read more »
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