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Daily Monitor Friday January 15 2021 Mr Ofwono Opondo told journalists at the Media Centre yesterday that the Local Content Policy for the Oil and Gas Industry in Uganda demands that companies awarded oil contracts start training locals in the next two weeks in readiness for oil production by 2021. FILE PHOTO Summary Seven of the 11 presidential candidates have the two sub-sectors of petroleum and mining in their manifestos and spoke about their plans on the campaign trail Advertisement The extractives sector has not featured that prominently in the campaigns for Uganda’s 2021 presidential elections. Seven of the 11 presidential candidates have the two sub-sectors of petroleum and mining in their manifestos and spoke about their plans on the campaign trail. The candidates are incumbent Yoweri Museveni, National Unity Platform’s Robert Kyagulanyi, Forum for Democratic Change’s Patrick Amuriat and Gregg Mugisha Muntu of the Alliance for National Tra ....
Daily Monitor Thursday January 14 2021 Robert Kyagulanyi, commonly known as Bobi Wine, cast his vote at Magere on Thursday. Speaking to the media immediately after casting his vote, Mr Kyagulanyi said: “This is the day that the Lord has made. This is the day when we take the first major step to freeing this country. There has been no justice, no equality, no fairness whatsoever in these elections. We also saw the attempts to stop me from vying for President, including an attempt on my life. Everybody was scared, they thought I would not cast my vote. But here I am. When I looked at the ballot paper and saw my face, my mind ran back to my time in the ghetto, it ran back to my primary school. It ran back to my friends. It is such a big honour to realise what we have aspired for. I cannot forget my close friend Nubian Li who gave me the confidence to stand for presidency, Eddie Mutwe, and all my other friends. When I see that he and others cannot come and vote, I feel b ....
Daily Monitor Thursday January 14 2021 Agents of various candidates are briefed before voting starts at Nsasa polling station in Kira, Wakiso District. Summary Advertisement 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. ....
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THE STANDARD By Betty Njeru | January 12th 2021 at 13:16:48 GMT +0300 Uganda Presidential candidates Yoweri Museveni (left) and Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine. [Courtesy] Uganda will be heading to the ballot on Thursday, January 14, for both presidential and parliamentary seats. The incumbent, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, is seeking re-election, having ruled the country for 35 years. Should he win, he will be serving his sixth term as president. Here’s what you need to know about the polls: Uganda s electoral law Uganda votes for new leaders every five years. As such, their next General Election will be in 2026. Presidential candidates need to garner at least 50 per cent of the vote to be declared winner of the elections. Failure, the country goes for a run-off election. ....