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A RINDA GORDON KAKUUMA had many reasons for running for office. It was his “passion”; he was keen to give back to his country, Uganda; and he wanted to help “my people”. It was also “to satisfy my ego”, the MP adds, with a laugh. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. Self-esteem comes at a price. Mr Arinda, whose five-year stint in parliament ends in May, lists some of his expenses: 50,000 posters, 100 agents, radio spots, ten cars for every rally and, on occasion, 100 boda-boda (motorbike) drivers “if you want to do a bit of a convoy and scare you...

International IDEA’s Board of Advisers had its first meeting of the year on 22 February 2021, welcoming seven new Board members. During the meeting, Ms Njeri Kabeberi was elected as the new Chair of the Board and Ms Laura Chinchilla as the Vice Chair for 2021. International IDEA rejoices to have two remarkably competent women at the helm of its Board and wishes them great success in leading the important work of the Board of Advisers going forward. The Institute would also like to sincerely thank the former Board Member and Chair, Emine Bozkurt, and the former Vice Chair, Sergio Bitar, for ...

A foreign solution to America’s political dysfunction Ishaan Tharoor © Samuel Corum/Getty Images A New York National Guard member at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 11. It’s hard to sugarcoat the Senate’s acquittal of former president Donald Trump. On Saturday, 43 Republican senators rejected the House impeachment managers’ rather convincing case that Trump helped incite the violent Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. Unmoved even by fresh evidence that their colleagues in the House had directly pleaded with Trump to call off the insurrectionist mob, the Republican lawmakers o...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 04 2021 Summary Advertisement Uncertainty yesterday loomed large over the  future of civil society organisations in the country after President Museveni ordered that operations of Democratic Governance Facility (DGF), their principal funder, be “immediately suspended”. President Museveni ordered the Inspector General of Government (IGG), police and State House Anti-Corruption Unit to investigate how the Ministry of Finance authorised the DGF to operate in Uganda and allegedly bankroll NGOs and government agencies to undermine him. The DGF is financed by go...

Some House Democrats want to pass ranked-choice voting bill this year Jon Ward © Provided by Yahoo! News Rep. Don Beyer. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Andre Chung for the Washington Post via Getty Images) Some House Democrats hope to pass legislation this year that would give voters the option to list their choices in order of preference in future federal elections, a practice known as ranked-choice voting. It’s part of a package of reforms designed to reduce extremism in politics, making politicians more responsive to the majority of voters rather than the nois...