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TIPPED:  Youth Urged to Stay Vigilant Ahead Of 2026 Uganda General Elections

TIPPED: Youth Urged to Stay Vigilant Ahead Of 2026 Uganda General Elections

  By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] In a significant effort to empower the younger generation in Uganda, the African Youth Development Link (AYDL) in collaboration with the Electoral Commission, hosted a pivotal public dialogue.…

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DEMOCRACY: Freedom Of Expression, Access To Information A Prerequisite For Free And Fair Elections

DEMOCRACY: Freedom Of Expression, Access To Information A Prerequisite For Free And Fair Elections

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA, Uganda [SHIFTMEDIA] There is little observance of international human rights law regarding Freedom of Expression and Access to Information during the election cycle in Uganda, stakeholders have observed. The Uganda Electoral…

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CASH AT PLAY: How Beti Kamya Influenced NRM Win for Lubaga Speakership Race

CASH AT PLAY: How Beti Kamya Influenced NRM Win for Lubaga Speakership Race

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- The writing was put on the wall regarding the fate of the National Unity Platform(NUP) after the just concluded elections for divisional Speakers. The bitter fact, that may be disproved at…

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OFFGUARD: National NGO Bureau Summons CCEDU Over Election Report, Dr. Matembe Promises Fire

OFFGUARD: National NGO Bureau Summons CCEDU Over Election Report, Dr. Matembe Promises Fire

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- The paroxysms of ‘state prosecution’ has started biting the Citizen Coalition for Electoral Democracy Uganda (CCEDU) immediately after they released the 2021 General Election Report. The National Bureau for NGOs that…

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REFORMS: CCEDU Election Reports Shows 2021 Elections Was Marred By Violence

REFORMS: CCEDU Election Reports Shows 2021 Elections Was Marred By Violence

By PATRICK JARAMOGI KAMPALA-SHIFTMEDIA- The army’s role in the electoral process in Uganda should cease, Civil Society activists have suggested. The recommendations were echoed during the release of the 2020/21 Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy…

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END OF THE ROAD: Mohammed Ssegirinya Faces Arrest Over Forged Academic Papers

END OF THE ROAD: Mohammed Ssegirinya Faces Arrest Over Forged Academic Papers

By ROBERT KAMUKAMA KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA- Motormouthed MP-elect for Kawempe North woes are far from over. Mohammed Ssegirinya aka Mr Update has real issues to sort out regarding his academic credentials. Last week he was dragged…

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DEMAND: CCEDU Issues Hotline For Missing Persons, As It Calls For Justice

DEMAND: CCEDU Issues Hotline For Missing Persons, As It Calls For Justice

By LYDIA AMUYA KAMPALA- SHIFTMEDIA– The post-election period has been characterised by tension around disappearing Ugandans. So far at least 213 Ugandans have been reported missing according to the National Unity Platform(NUP). Many families have…

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DELAYED: EC Explains Why Presidential Winner Results Aren’t Published Yet

DELAYED: EC Explains Why Presidential Winner Results Aren’t Published Yet

By Our Reporter KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| After the 2016 presidential elections, the results of the winner were published two days after polling. This is not the case with the 2021 elections that six days after voting…

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POLLS: CCEDU/NICE Mobilise Voters Ahead Of Local Government Polls

POLLS: CCEDU/NICE Mobilise Voters Ahead Of Local Government Polls

By CHARITY AHIMBISIBWE KAMPALA, Uganda|SHIFTMEDIA| The 2021 Elections were conducted in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic led to drastic changes in the way the media was to be used in the 2021…

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NOT FAIR: Civil Society Group Punch Holes On Presidential Election Results

NOT FAIR: Civil Society Group Punch Holes On Presidential Election Results

By Our Reporter NAIROBI, Kenya|SHIFTMEDIA| The just-concluded general election in Uganda was not free, fair and accountable “by any stretch of the imagination”, a Kenyan civil society group has said. The Civil Society Reference Group…

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