POLITICS 3 days ago Major Twist For BBI after a Nairobi Lawyer Reveals What IEBC Told Him Concerning BBI Signatures Kenyans are set to head to a Referendum soon after the BBI bill was endorsed by more than 24 county assemblies.This has been celebrated by BBI supporters and proponents in the country after many months of uncertainty on whether the Bill was going to be passed.
POLITICS 22 days ago Raila Issues Directive On Houses Which Were Grabbed From Kikuyus in Kibera ODM leader Raila Odinga and other leaders at a past event. Source/Hivisasa When on December 30, 2007 President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner, violence erupted in many parts of the country. Electoral Commission chairman Samuel Kivuitu announced Kibaki, the Party of National Unity (PNU) candidate, as the winner much to the chagrin of his fiercest rival Raila Odinga of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and his supporters. Poll violence in Kibera. Source/AP News The initial protests over the results turned
POLITICS 11 days ago Museveni in Trouble as Bobi Wine Drops His Latest Shocker in The Election Petition Case Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and NUP president Bobi Wine. Photo | Al Jazeera National Unity Platform (NUP) President Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has dealt Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni a major blow in the elections petition hearing. This is after the former musician asked Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to recuse himself, as the lead justice, from the petition challenging Museveni's victory in the January 14 elections. In a report by The New Vision, Wine had earlier on dragged Museveni, the
POLITICS 19 days ago Not yet over as Musevini suffers a major blow On Monday last week ,Mr kyagulanyi through his lawyers ,filed a presidential election petition challenging Mr Museveni victory. Core of his ground that he listed was to annul Mr Museveni victory .Mr Kyagulanyi contents that Electoral commission conducted the January 14 elections not accordance with the law and that greatly affected the final results.He also said that Mr Museveni interfered with the results as he blocked internet during election. Mr Kyagulanyi now wants the Electoral Commission hold a fresh election.Mr
POLITICS 16 days ago New Reports: Bobi Wine Was Given Votes that Were not His in 7 Polling Stations It has emerged that Uganda's Electoral Commission had given the National Unity Platform (NUP) ex-presidential candidate votes which were not his during the January 14 General Elections that saw President Museveni winning the race. According to Ugandan sources, the commission had given Robert Kyagulanyi of NUP party votes that belonged to an independent candidate from around 7 polling stations in the country. The independent ex-candidate whose name is John Katumba also called "Katumba Oyee" was awarded Mr. Kyagulanyi's
POLITICS 16 days ago Uganda: Electoral Commission and NRM Are Between The Rock And The Hard Place ;Supreme Court Hears Petition The expose on the election fraud the was executed under the watch of the custodian of the election materials- Electoral Commission in Uganda was exposed by Citizen TV's documentary that was aired on Sunday night. If that document is anything to go by, then the hearing of the election petition case by the supreme Court of Uganda puts the EC and the NRM in an awkward situation. There was massive evidence of ballot stuffing in favour of the incident President Museveni that was thoroughly executed by men in uniform
POLITICS 17 days ago What’s Cooking? Another Vocal DP Ruto Critic Goes Mute There is an unwritten rule which says that there no permanent enemies or allies when it comes to politics. Deputy President William Ruto and the former Premier Raila Odinga can attest to this. At the moment, Raila Odinga is reaping the benefits of the handshake done at the wake of 9 March 2018. Before then, he used to be the biggest critic of the current government which saw some of his top lieutenants getting harassed by police officers for basically doing their job as the Official Opposition in the country.
POLITICS 14 days ago Ugandans Should Not Consider the Results from the Presidential Election- Joseph Kabuleta Former presidential candidate for the 2021 General Elections Joseph Kabuleta (pictured) has claimed that Ugandans should not be considering the presidential results that were released by the Electoral Commission terming them as "Fake." During the interview with the NTV Uganda, the ex-presidential candidate argued that the elections were not free and fair as the government seems to claim which has left him with a lot of questions than answers. According to him, the Electoral Commission chaired by Simon Byabakama,
POLITICS 5 days ago Bobi Wine Reportedly Withdraws Election Petition From Supreme Court Former National Unity Platform Presidential (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has withdrawn the presidential electoral petition after the Supreme Court declined to receive pieces of evidence.
POLITICS 5 days ago Bobi Wine Withdraws His Election Petition Challenging President Yoweri Museveni’s Election Win. January 14th Ugandan presidential election candidate on the National Unity Platform (NUP) ticket Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has given directives to his lawyers to withdraw the presidential election petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging President Museveni's win.
POLITICS 18 days ago Uganda's Electoral Commission Finally Responds to Bobi Wine's Petition Uganda's Electoral Commission has responded to the National Unity Platform party's petitions that were filed on 1st Feb in Supreme Court to challenge President Museveni's win. In its response, the commission has accused the NUP ex-presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi of flouting the Covid-19 rules and regulations by holding rallies exceeding the limited number of people that were suggested by the Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Health. The Electoral Commission's chairman Simon Byabakama also claimed
POLITICS 22 days ago Huge Blow to Bobi Wine as the Electoral Commission Requests the Supreme Court to do the Following With the pressure of the 2021 General Elections in Uganda mounting up, the Electoral Commission has maintained its stand that the recently concluded presidential and parliamentary elections were "free and fair." According to the sources, the commission has requested the Supreme Court to dismiss all the petitions that have been filed by the National Unity Platform (NUP) party since there were no irregularities in the Jan 14th elections and if there were, they would not have overturned the results. The Electoral
POLITICS 18 days ago Afraid Of Losing Presidential Seat? Museveni Directs Supreme Court To Dismiss Bobi Wine`s Petition NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi has received a major hit back after President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the Electoral Commission, the Attorney general took to the limelight to ask the supreme court to pull down the petition motion to challenge the Presidential victory of Museveni. According to President Museveni`s lawyers lead by Mr. Eber Byenkya have asked the panelist to dismiss the amendment motion proposed by the NUP Party, claiming that the limited time will not be enough to have Bobi Wine`s case looked into.
POLITICS 18 days ago Bad News From Ongoing Election Petition Hearing That May Hurt Bobi Wine and his Supporters Following the declaration of president Yoweri Museveni as winner of the January 14th presidential election, Bobi Wine filed a petition in court to see if the court could rule on his favor. The petition hearing kicked off on Tuesday February 9 as the supreme court was set with both applicants' lawyers and the respondents' lawyers representing Yoweri Museveni, Attorney General and the Electoral Commission. According to NBS Television, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda, Alfonse Owiny granted Counsel
POLITICS 12 days ago Museveni Finds Himself in Trouble as Robert Kyagulanyi Goes to Court Again Robert kyagulanyi's lawyers have this Sunday evening filed the affidavit against president museveni, the Electoral Commission and the attorney general challenging president museveni victory in the recently concluded election. Registrar to supreme Court, Hament Nalukwago Ssali has confirmed to NTV that all the respondent have received that copies of the evidence and have up to 20th February to file their responses. Meanwhile the president legal team have said they are ready and set for the commencement of the
POLITICS 18 days ago Bobi Wine Suffers Another Major Setback in His Petition that Might See Museveni Winning the Case Respondents in a case that was filed by the National Unity Platform (NUP) party; President Museveni, Electoral Commission, and the Attorney General have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the application that was seeking for amendment of NUP party's petition-Daily Monitor reports. On Tuesday afternoon, Robert Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party through his lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow them to amend their first petition by providing another evidence on the arguing that after the
POLITICS 5 days ago We are Withdrawing From The Court, Bobi Wine After the president elect of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Museveni,The Electoral Commission and The Attorney General filled their 185 affidavits in response to the 53 grounds that the N.U.P legal team had raised to Owiny Dollo's court with the aim of proving that the Ugandan General Election was rigged,
POLITICS 25 days ago UGANDA: Blow to Yoweri Museveni as Bobi Wine challenges election in court. Former Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the election of President Museveni, Chimp Corps report. Photo: Bobi Wine/Twitter Bobi, through his lawyers, Lukwago and Co Advocates among others, argues that the election was invalid on grounds that it was not conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the provisions of the Constitution of and that the non-compliance affected the results in a substantial manner. Bobi, who garnered 35% of
POLITICS 23 days ago Uganda's Elections Were Peaceful, Start Working and Don't Waste Time- President Museveni Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has maintained that the 2021 General Elections were peaceful and that the process is over. Museveni who was addressing the nation on Thursday on the matters of Covid-19 and school reopening congratulated the citizens of Uganda for holding peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections and urged them to get back to work and stop wasting their time. On January 28, the Electoral Commission announced Mr. Museveni as the winner of the elections where he garnered 6 million
POLITICS 25 days ago Bobi Wine Give 26 Reasons Why President Museveni's Win Should Be Canceled The National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, is among the top Ugandan politicians that are pushing for the annulation of the 2021 General Elections due to being unsatisfied with the results announced by the Electoral Commission. Over the last few weeks, the NUP ex-presidential candidate has been maintaining that he will be using the best "legal and non-violent means" possible to remove President Museveni who has been in leadership for over 35 years. On Monday, Mr. Kyagulanyi's