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Daily Monitor Thursday January 21 2021 Advertisement Yesterday’s local government elections registered a low turnout countrywide compared to national elections. Ugandans across the country yesterday took to the polls to elect district chairpersons, city mayors and councillors, having elected a President and Members of Parliament (MPs) on January 14 and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) MPs on Monday. Voters that Daily Monitor interviewed yesterday said Ugandans had lost interest in elections, while others accused the Electoral Commission (EC) of failing to sensitise locals about the relevance ...

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“My arrest on December 30 in Kalangala District proved to me the saying that a dead journalist can...

Daily Monitor Saturday December 12 2020 Residents carry Ms Yasiin Zubeda who lost her left leg to a teargas canister in Amuru District yesterday. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA. Summary Police fired teargas to disperse the supporters and ordered Bobi Wine to leave. This means that he only managed to campaign in one district yesterday. Advertisement A woman yesterday lost a left leg as police sought to block National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, from campaigning in Amuru District. Ms Yasiin Zubeda, 26, a resident of Lorikowo Village, Elegu Sub-county, Amu...

Daily Monitor Saturday December 12 2020 Former FDC presidential candidate Kizza Besigye (atop lead car) campaigns for the party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat (atop right 2nd car) in Ntungamo District on December 1. PHOTO/ MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Advertisement Dr Kizza Besigye’s only direct relationship with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) at present is as mobiliser for Rukungiri District, and it is at this very spot where an earthquake shaking the Opposition party has originated in the middle of an election campaign.  And the ongoing election campaign is not an ordinary one ...