Daily Monitor
Sunday January 24 2021
Summary
With both presidential and parliamentary elections concluded, Derrick Kiyonga looks at where all the Opposition parties stand after months of electioneering.
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Derrick Kiyonga looks at where all the Opposition parties stand after months of electioneering.
FDC
When the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) honchos sit down to do a forensic analysis of the recent elections, the outcome will be straightforward: not what they wanted. For the first time since elections were organised under the multiparty dispensation, the FDC party has lost its position as the biggest Opposition political party. They lost this time to the newly formed National Unity Platform (NUP) party.
Daily Monitor
Thursday January 21 2021
Nakaseke District land officials inspect a contested piece of land in Bugema Village, Nakaseke District on November 11, 2020. PHOTO | DAN WANDERA.
Summary
In Luweero District, the NRM Mecca, Mr Museveni got 41,166 votes while his close rival of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, garnered 103, 782 votes which translates into 70.45 per cent.
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The unresolved land question and the rampant eviction of bibanja holders (squatters), especially in central region, could be one of the reasons why President Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party performed poorly in the recently concluded elections.
In Luweero District, the NRM Mecca, Mr Museveni got 41,166 votes while his close rival of the National Unity Platform (NUP) party Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, garnered 103, 782 votes which translates into 70.45 per cent.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 29 2020
Summary
The races have candidates choosing to run as independents, others abandoned their former parties and several are new entrants in politics.
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Two incumbent NRM legislators, who were defeated during the September primaries in Luweero District, have stepped aside, giving way to 16 others to jostle for their slots.
The two incumbents, Ms Lillian Nakate (District Woman) and Mr Abraham Byandala (Katikamu North), bowed out unlike a number of their colleagues who are contesting as Independents.
The two seats have attracted eight candidates each.
The district Woman MP constituency has a history of holding by-elections with MPs serving one term.
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