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Daily Monitor Sunday January 17 2021 Summary FDC candidate Patrick Amuriat did not wear suits during campaigns but he also did not wear shoes. Barefoot revolution, went the slogan, Jacobs Odongo Seaman writes Elvis Mbonye arrived at the grand stage called the 2021 presidential election with the solemnity of a soul. The invite for the men of God to go and pray for peace, safety and victory for candidate Yoweri Museveni obviously indicated that a mask was a must. Masks are very effective for con...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 16 2021 Ugandas President-elect Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He was declared a winner in the hotly contested 2021 election, extending his rule to 4th decade. Photo | File Summary Total number of registered voters 18,103,603. Total number of votes cast 10, 359, 479. Total number of valid votes cast for candidates; 9,978, 093. Total number of invalid votes, 381,386. Advertisement The Uganda Electoral Commission on Saturday declared Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni as t...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 16 2021 National Unity Platform party presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine (left atop car), and wife Barbara wave to the people of Kisoro during campaigns in the district on December 16,2020.Inset is Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA Advertisement After being in power for 35 years, President Museveni – at least officially – doesn’t show any sign that he is about to stop. Mr Museveni, who has tweaked his name to add Tibuhaburwa ...

Daily Monitor Friday January 15 2021 Journalists flee from teargas as they covered campaigns in Kampala on October 23. On several occasions, journalists were targeted as security clashed with presidential candidates and their supporters. PHOTO / ABUBAKER LUBOWA Summary From being jailed to getting teargassed, Daily Monitor reporters saw it all as they covered presidential candidates who have traversed the country for votes over the last two months. Advertisement My arrest was the turning point...

The race remains tight and too early to call with about 34, 354 polling stations left but Bobi Wine Thursday hinted on possibility of rejecting results

The East African Thursday January 14 2021 Before he entered politics, Joseph Kabuleta was well known in elite circles but not to the masses. Then he did something dramatic that made everyone notice — he kissed his pastor’s shoes. ILLUSTRATION | JOHN NYAGA Summary Kabuleta spelt out how much income a household should earn from which activity after working at it for what length of time. He not only told people that good income was their right but showed them that Uganda indeed has the resour...

Daily Monitor Thursday January 14 2021 A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda on January 14, 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba | AFP Summary The voting was set to begin at 7am and end at 4pm, according to the Electoral Commission (EC). The central region together with the capital Kampala account for 5.6 million voters. Five of the presidential candidates hail from the western region. Museveni has, in each of the past five elections organised by his government since 1996, won in the ...

Daily Monitor Friday January 15 2021 Summary Museveni who has been in power since 1986 pledged to concede defeat if the poll is free and fair. Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine said it was a momentous opportunity to see himself able to cast his vote. Advertisement Police Thursday raided Hotel Africana in Kampala where a group of civil society activists and election observers had gathered to collect data from other election observers at different polling stations across the country. Police sp...

President Museveni and singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine are facing off in a tense poll. The East African Community (EAC) will be on alert for the outcome in the Presidential elections in Uganda as the East African country went to polls on Thursday. By press time, voting had closed at 4pm, EST.  The incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is facing off with singer-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, in a tense election characterised by pre-e...

Daily Monitor Thursday January 14 2021 The wall of Ugandas Electoral Commission in Kampala, Uganda on January 4, 2021 describes how to mark a ballot paper. Summary The first kind of general election to be held in Uganda was organised by the British Colonialists in 1961. In April 1962, the second election organised under the parliamentary system was held. UPC won 37 of the 82 seats in Parliament, followed by DP with exclusion of Buganda with 24 seats. The 1996 General Election was the first unde...