By Own Correspondent – “I have never heard the name Museveni, but I thank you and I will pass on the message, sure!”. The blond German student has just stopped in front of Ugandan Embassy in London, Trafalgar Square, attracted by the shouts and movement of a group of Ugandan armed with placards, flyers and percussions. “Museveni must go, he is a criminal, he has stolen the elections, tell your government to stop supporting him!” shouts a lady. “He is responsible of murdering and violence and he owns the whole of the country, army included” explains one of the organizers... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 6th 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – Uganda’s Electoral Commission chairman Badru Kiggundu announced Yoweri Museveni as the elected President of Uganda after winning with 68.38 percent of voters followed by his main rival, Kizza Besigye, the flag bearer of four-party coalition Inter-Party Cooperation with 26.01 percent, told reporters today in Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda Badru Kiggundu made announcement at 40:30pm from Mandela National stadium which has been used as the tallying center. When news reached the opposition, they rejected the result saying any government President Yoweri Museveni formed would be “illegitimate” and added in a statement that before... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, February 20th 2011 |
By Shout-Africa Correspondent – Overshadowed on Western newspapers, probably because of the revolutionary wave in the southern Mediterranean countries, Ugandan presidential elections have just come to an end. The official results have been announced by Badru Kiggundu, chairman of the hotly contested Electoral Commission. Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986 (a constitutional amendment in 2005 lifted the time limit for presidential term) has won again. He got 68.4% of votes, while his rival, Kizza Besigye of the FDC (Forum for Democratic Change) got 26%; they are followed by a large distance from the other six candidates, including Beti Kamya, a... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, February 20th 2011 |
By Nangayi Guyson – Kampala – Millions of Ugandans turned up to vote on Friday in the east African nation’s presidential ballot pitting the country’s long-serving president against his former ally and personal physician, officials said. President Yoweri Museveni, who is vague about his age and says he is 66 or 67, faces seven challengers but his stiffest competition is from a former ally DR Kizza Besigye 54 years old. Opposition threats of street protests and the looming start of oil production have raised the stakes in the vote – just the second multiparty election to be held in Uganda... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, February 18th 2011 |
By Katongole Kiwanuka – Voters in most parts of Kampala have turned out at the presidential and parliamentary polls on Friday in larger numbers than in past elections, according to the chairperson of the Electoral commission, Eng. Badru Kiggundu. The voter turnout at today’s polls may even be higher than the turnout for the 2006 presidential elections, according to other election observers and analysts in Kampala. “The turnout has been good so far in most parts of the country,” Kiggundu said while visiting polling stations in Nakawa division (Kampala). People have expressed more interest in voting this morning. The voting... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, February 18th 2011 |
