Tolbert Musinguzi News Today

Elections

Elections

Daily Monitor Wednesday January 27 2021 The NRM chairperson of Kitubulu-Katabi, Eric Kyeyune, (pictured) was shot dead by SFC soldiers who had been deployed to calm the situation Summary The NRM chairperson of Kitubulu-Katabi, Eric Kyeyune, was shot dead by SFC soldiers who had been deployed to calm the situation. Two other people were injured in the shooting and rushed to the hospital. Advertisement       Security forces in Wakiso and Entebbe towns yesterday battled supporters of oppositio...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 Security personnel at KCCA yard A-MUL Polling Station on 6th Street in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA Advertisement Acts of violence and other electoral irregularities were reported at various polling stations across the country as Ugandans elected division mayors and councillors. As was the case with the recently-concluded mayoral and district chairperson elections, yesterday’s elections were also characterised by low voter turnout.   Elections c...

Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 This photo taken on January 26, 2021 shows police officers helping a man who fainted after security forces fired teargas and live bullets to disperse protestos at Wakiso District tally centre where EC officials had declared an independent candidate as winner of the Entebbe Mayoral election. PHOTO/ BENSON TUMUSIIME Summary According to their tally sheet, they had led the race with 5,672 votes and the runner up posting 2,825 votes. Moments before the results ...

Entebbe NRM chairman shot dead during vote rigging protests January 26, 2021 Some of the protestors The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairman of Katabi-Kitubulu village in Entebbe, Eric Kyeyune has been shot dead this morning during a joint NRM-Democratic Party protest over alleged vote-rigging. Kyeyune was allegedly shot dead by the presidential guards, Special Forces Command (SFC) while protesting with other voters in the same area ov...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 17 2021 Polling officials count ballots at Ssendi Polling Station in Rubaga Division, Kampala, on Thursday. PHOTO/ RACHEL MABALA Advertisement Machines at the district tally centre jammed at the time of compiling the presidential and parliamentary results. Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, who was the first to be declared winner at the district tally centre, said the numbers on the declaration forms did not match those obtained from the polling centres.�...