Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 20 2021
Ms Peninah Busingye (left) receives a declaration certificate from the Central North region returning officer, Mr Idd Kaahwa, at Luweero Diocese Guest House on on January 18, 2021. PHOTO/DAN WANDERA
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The Electoral Commission has also declared five other persons as elected representatives of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) to the new Parliament.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) has declared four persons who will be the first Members of Parliament to represent the elderly persons.
The four, who are all members of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), were voted by an electoral college consisting of elderly persons in the different regions.
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While we wait for the official results to be verified and released, the following will provide a summary of events that took place on election day in Uganda.
Polling Stations
Most polling stations opened at 07h00 and closed at 16h00. Some polling stations in Kampala and other areas in northern Uganda opened late as polling material failed to arrive on time.
Confusion over new polling stations had some voters unsure of where to cast their vote. Many had not picked up their voter location slips, while some had received them but could not read where they needed to vote.
Daily Monitor
Thursday January 14 2021
Agents of various candidates are briefed before voting starts at Nsasa polling station in Kira, Wakiso District.
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However, many polling stations in Kampala and metropolitan areas experienced glitches as polling material arrived late.
Our reporter at Kyengombe park yard polling station in Rubaga South said by 7.30am, no polling agent had arrived but the voters were still waiting.
At Lugala Namungona Kigobe polling station, voters had already come in big numbers by 7am but polling material had not arrived yet.
Fatuma Nakawunga, a polling assistant at the polling station, said that the Electoral Commission (EC) had assured them that polling material would be available as early as 6am but they were also not sure what was happening.
Nakaddu: The 19-year-old trying to dethrone Nantaba in Kayunga
Sunday January 10 2021
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Ssezibwa bridge which ushers you into the central district of Kayunga, gained fame in 2009 when security forces blocked then Katikkiro (prime minister) of Buganda John Baptist Walusimbi from entering the district, triggering off what came to be known as “Buganda Riots” in which scores of people were killed.
Eleven years later, Ssezibwa is, of course, tranquil, and it’s here that 19-year-old Brenda Nakaddu, who is vying for the Kayunga Woman MP seat, stood and welcomed Patrick Oboi Amuriat, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate. At only 19 years, Ms Nakaddu is probably the youngest MP contestant.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 15 2020
On November 8, the maid allegedly fed her boss twins with urine at their home. PHOTO/COURTESY.
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The housemaid in Namugongo, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District, who fed the daughter of her boss on urine has been sentenced to four years and six months in jail.
Vicky Abiria aged 34 appeared before Grade One Magistrate at Kira Court and pleaded guilty to maliciously administering poison with intent to injure or annoy (administered urine contrary to section 221(b) and doing an act likely to spread an infectious disease contrary to section 171 of the Penal Code Act).
“The plea of guilty was entered and police investigations were done. You are, therefore, convicted and sentenced to prison for four years and six months. Each charge is four years and six months,” Magistrate Joan Achiro ruled.