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Uganda: How Bobi Wine, National Unity Platform Deal Was Negotiated
Monitor, 23 July 2020
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has merged his People Power pressure group with National Unity Platform (NUP) in the first political merger ahead of the 2021… Read more »
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Uganda: Bobi Wine Unveils New Political Party
Monitor, 22 July 2020
Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has launched a new political party, National Unity Platform (NUP) ahead of 2021 polls. Read more »
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Uganda: Museveni Wants to Extend Rule to Four Decades
East African, 22 July 2020
Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will be seeking to extend his rule to four decades after he picked up nomination papers on Monday. Read more »
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Uganda: 2021 Polls - Parties Call for Balanced Media Coverage
Monitor, 22 July 2020
The Inter-Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) has appealed to media owners to give balanced coverage to all candidates vying for various political positions in the forthcoming… Read more »
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Uganda: Diaspora, Prisoners to Vote in 2026 Polls
Monitor, 22 July 2020
The Electoral Commission (EC) has consented to consider prisoners and Ugandans in diaspora to vote in 2026 and not the forthcoming elections that are five months away. Read more »
Bobi Wine Launches New Party for Uganda
This while President Yoweri Museveni is seeking a sixth term after he picked up nomination papers. While preparing to run against Museveni in February 2021, MP Robert Kyagulanyi (better known as singer Bobi Wine) is calling his new party the National Unity Platform (NUP).
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More than 40 individuals have so far communicated their intensions to vie for Uganda's presidency, according to Jotham Taremwa, spokesperson for the electoral commission. Despite ... Read more »
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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 ... Read more »
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Activist Stella Nyanzi, an outspoken critic of President Yoweri Museveni's government, has announced on social media that she will be vying for the Women Representative ... 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 »
