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MPs task govt on full reopening of schools

Daily Monitor
Friday January 29 2021
Back home. Students at the Old Taxi Park in Kampala after schools closed on March 19, 2020. PHOTO BY DAVID LUBOWA
Summary
Returning from election season recess, the MPs challenged the government to give an explanation on why children continue to be home when schools in neighboring countries are already studying.
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Members of Parliament yesterday charged at the government for keeping parents and educationists guessing when the schools and other institutions of learning will open for non-candidate learners.
Returning from election season recess, the MPs challenged the government to give an explanation on why children continue to be home when schools in neighboring countries are already studying. ....

Joseph Ssewungu , Rebecca Kadaga , Jackson Ssenyonga , Ruhakana Rugunda , Misairi Thembo Kahungu , National Council For Higher Education , National Task Force , Members Of Parliament , Misairi Thembo , Kalungu East , Speaker Rebecca Kadaga , Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda , Prime Minister , National Council , Higher Education , தேசிய சபை க்கு அதிக கல்வி , தேசிய பணி படை , உறுப்பினர்கள் ஆஃப் பாராளுமன்றம் , காளுங்கு கிழக்கு , ப்ரைம் அமைச்சர் , தேசிய சபை , அதிக கல்வி ,

Masaka court rescinds vote recount order over broken seals

Masaka court rescinds vote recount order over broken seals
January 27, 2021
The ballot boxes that had been brought for the recount
Masaka Chief Magistrate’s court has rescinded it s earlier order for a vote recount for the Kalungu East parliamentary election filed by the incumbent legislator and Agriculture minister, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja.
The chief magistrate, Charles Yeitesi, who had issued a vote recount order on Monday declined to continue with the exercise after it emerged that the seal on one of the ballot boxes delivered in court was broken.
Yeitesi had ordered for the vote recount order following claims by Ssempijja that he was robbed of victory after the Electoral Commission declared National Unity Platform (NUP) rival, Francis Katabaazi Katongole winner. Ssempijja polled 10,865 votes against Katabazi s 12,198 votes. ....

Ntambirweki Kandeebe , Charles Yeitesi , Ann Namatovu , Francis Katabaazi Katongole , Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja , Electoral Commission , National Unity Platform , Chief Magistrate , Kalungu East , Vincent Bamulangaki , John Chrysostom Katumba , Elections 2021 , Vincent Ssempijja , தேர்தல் தரகு , தேசிய ஒற்றுமை நடைமேடை , தலைமை மாஜிஸ்திரேட் , காளுங்கு கிழக்கு ,

Kalungu East MP vote recount cancelled over broken seal on ballot box

Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 27 2021
This photo taken on January 26, 2021 shows election officials recounting votes for Kalungu East MP seat which Agriculture Minister Vincent Ssempijja lost to NUP s Francis Katabaazi. Inset is Ssempijja and Katabaazi. The recounting was however cancelled after it was discovered that one of the ballot boxes had been tampered with. PHOTO/ GERTRUDE MUTYABA
Summary
Neither Mr Ssempijja nor his lawyers were ready to talk to journalists by press time.
Mr Ssempijja was, however, overheard telling one of the officials that he didn t know how the seal was broken “because the security that loaded the boxes [in the vehicle] made sure everything was fine.” ....

Fahad Malik Jjingo , Francis Katabaazi , Magistrate Court , National Unity Platform , Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise , Kalungu East , Minister Vincent Ssempijja , Masaka Chief Magistrate , மாஜிஸ்திரேட் நீதிமன்றம் , தேசிய ஒற்றுமை நடைமேடை , காளுங்கு கிழக்கு ,

Court okays vote recount in Kalungu East MP as Ssempijja fights for political life

This followed an application by Ssempiija complaining that the vote counting and tallying was marred by irregularities which denied him victory.
Katabaazi, pulled over 12,000 votes against Ssempijja’s 10,800, indicating a margin of 1,300 votes.
Former area MP Umar Lule Mawiya (Ind) came in third place with 6,400 votes followed by Didas Mugooma another independent candidate with 2,300 votes.
Court presided over by Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise, has heard that the tallying exercise was full of gross irregularities and that Ssempijja’s polling agents were reportedly chased from some polling stations.
Ssempijja’s lawyers led by Geoffrey Kandebe told the court that similar incidents of chasing polling agents occurred in at least 25 polling stations which gave a chance to Katabaazi’s agents and Electoral Commission polling officials to reportedly tamper with the votes to the disadvantage of Ssempijja. ....

Kalungu District , Vincent Ssempijja , Anne Namatovu , Charles Yeteise , Geoffrey Kandebe , Francis Katabaazi , Eric Sabiti , Umar Lule Mawiya , Malik Fahad , Electoral Commission , National Unity Platform , Magistrates Court , Masaka Chief Magistrates Court , Kalungu East Constituency , Agriculture Minister , Lule Mawiya , Didas Mugooma , Masaka Chief Magistrate Charles Yeteise , Kalungu East , காளுங்கு மாவட்டம் , மாலிக் பாத் , தேர்தல் தரகு , தேசிய ஒற்றுமை நடைமேடை , நீதிபதிகள் நீதிமன்றம் , காளுங்கு கிழக்கு தொகுதி , காளுங்கு கிழக்கு ,

Why Buganda slipped out of NRM grip

Daily Monitor
Monday January 25 2021
People wave at President Museveni during his victory drive on Masaka-Kampala highway last Thursday. Critics say the victory drive was a testament of the President’s fading halo in Buganda as the population overwhelmingly voted his rival Robert Kyagulanyi. PHOTO/KELVIN AYUHAIRE
Summary
President Museveni’s victory drive last Thursday from his countryside home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura District, through rural central Uganda en route to Kampala was, to political observers, a testament of his fading halo in Buganda as the population overwhelmingly voted his rival Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine. As he embarks on another five-year term later in May, he will need consummate political skills to win back the sub-region that is the economic nerve centre and whose resistance has historically turned into an encumbrance for leaders, writes ....

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