A section of former Makerere University students has petitioned the high court challenging Convocation elections held in December last year. The petitioners led by former contestants Robert Rutaaro, Gerald Karuhanga, and Charles Odongtho through their lawyers of Elgon Advocates are seeking the nullification of the elections, arguing that they didn’t follow established rules. The petitioners are seeking an order quashing all decisions and resolutions taken during the annual […]
 By Philimon Badagawa & Paul Kisembo The February 2016 Elections are billed as a crucial time when #UgandaDecides who will be the next president, Members of Parliament and local government leaders. Frequent free and fair elections are globally regarded as a key component of democratic governance as citizens of a country get the chance to […]
As the year 2015 dramatically kicks off, the political tension is increasingly taking a new trend. The student leaders you must be knowing this better. The incidents that unfolded at Soroti during the Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) elections are still fresh in your minds. I’m told some university students are yet to get out of the […]
Malawi’s High Court has rejected a decision by President Joyce Banda to annul this week’s general election – in which she was a candidate. Ms Banda had earlier said Tuesday’s vote had been marred by rigging, multiple voting and computer-hacking. She said a new vote should be held within 90 days but she would not […]
Four candidates Kicked out. Makerere university Guild Electoral Commission Chairperson, Michael Byemero said that out of 13 who returned nomination forms for the post of Guild president, only eight were successfully cleared. The successfully nominated candidates include Ivan Bwowe (Independent), Sarah Aseru (UYD), Lillian Aber (Independent), Phillip Musiime (Independent), Eddy Kintu (Independent), Nicholas Nanyeenya (Independent), […]
Micheal Jackson Kabushenga is the new Guild President of Mbarara University of Science and Technology(MUST). Â He says, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time” He believes that you don’t have to be better than everybody else. He instead thinks that you […]
