By Bill Oketch Several cases of violence have been reported in the ongoing Oyam North by-election. Unidentified armed men are said to have stormed Wang Lobo polling station in Otwal sub-county in Oyam district and put Mr. Walter Wacho, a presiding officer at gunpoint before forcefully ticking some ballot papers. […]
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party president, Jimmy Akena, on Tuesday joined a group of party bigwigs on a campaign trail of their candidate, Dr. Eunice Apio in the Oyam North parliamentary by-election. The team led by Akena on Tuesday camped at Aleka and Iceme sub-counties in a last-minute attempt to […]
President Yoweri Museveni is today expected in Oyam district to drum up support for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate in Thursday’s parliamentary by-election. With just a day to the July 6th by-election, political parties are rushing to make last-minute attempts to woo voters. The race to replace former labour […]
By Patrick Ebong The Oyam North County by-election which is slated for July 6, 2023, will cost Shs900 million, according to the Electoral Commission (EC). Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, the EC chairman, launched the electoral roadmap by meeting all key stakeholders at a function held in Oyam Town Council […]
Police in Oyam district are investigating circumstances under which the lifeless body of a soldier identified as Vincent Olanya an intelligence officer with the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF), attached at Loro army detach was recovered in a swamp at Onea village, Kamdini sub-county. Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga region […]
