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Daily Monitor Tuesday January 26 2021 To the end of the 2021 Presidential Election, we have come and so too, to the beginning of a very contentious issue. A sensation was caused by a first time presidential candidate, who has been in elective politics from only 2017. National Unity Platform (NUP’s) Robert Kyagulanyi, whose entertainment industry name is Bobi Wine, came in second, leading a six -month old political party.  The Electoral Commission said he scored 34 per cent of the vote. Incumbent Yoweri Museveni got 58 per cent, which in numbers is 5.8 million votes, down from the 5.9 milli...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 23 2021 Advertisement The recent shutdown of Internet by the government for five days during the presidential and parliament election greatly affected the voter digital campaigns and mobilization, the Citizens Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has said. Ms Charity Ahimbisibwe, the executive director of CCEDU, said most youth who are more than 65 per cent of Uganda’s population engage mostly on social media using different social media platforms, including Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter and Instagram. “It is unfortunate that most youth who main...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 24 2021 This photo shows a combination of "unique winners" from Uganda's 2021 electoral season. PHOTO/COMBO/NMG. Summary A shoemaker takes charge of Iganga District, a comedian will be in charge of Jinja City, a 75-year-old wins the district chair in Rakai, while a ruling NRM party member is fourth time lucky in Kasese District. We take a look at special winners from around the country. Advertisement Sunday Monitor traces some of the figures who stand out. Ezra Gabula: Shoemaker at helm of Iganga District  IGANGA. Mr Ezra Gabula was on Wednesday elected Iganga ...

Daily Monitor Thursday January 21 2021 Advertisement Kampala- National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has said he is stuck with his wife Barbara Intungo Kyagulanyi and an 18-month old baby without food following the siege by security on his home in Magere since last week.  Bobi Wine told Daily Monitor by telephone last evening that for six days now, his family has been surviving on food they had stocked in the house but without the milk for the baby.   “As you know, we have tried to go and pick up some food but my wife was stopped at the ga...