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KAMPALA, Uganda — The Electoral Commission (EC) has clarified that results from Uganda’s 2026 General Election will be released only after ballot envelopes are opened…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Polling stations across Uganda closed on Thursday after a fraught day of voting marked by long delays, widespread technical failures and an…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday 15, January 2026 in a highly contested general election overshadowed by an internet shutdown, technical…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Biometric Voter Verification (BVV) system has emerged as a flashpoint in the country’s highly contested 15 January 2026 general election, with…
KAMPALA, Uganda — The East African Community (EAC) has deployed a 61‑member Election Observation Mission (EOM) to monitor Uganda’s general election scheduled for 15 January…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s 2026 general election was thrown into early turmoil after biometric voter verification machines malfunctioned at multiple polling stations, forcing electoral officials…
RWAKITURA, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the incumbent and presidential flagbearer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), has cast his ballot at his designated…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, widely known as Bobi Wine, has cast his ballot at his designated polling station in Magere, as…
KIRUHURA, Uganda — Voting in Uganda’s 2026 general election got under way on Thursday 15, January 2025 amid widespread polling delays, a nationwide internet blackout…
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s 2026 election day was marked by widespread polling delays, a sweeping internet blackout and rising political tensions, undermining efforts to present…