By Kevin Githuku & Juliet Nalwooga Election experts and human rights defenders have condemned the election malpractice and voter intimidation that marred the Oyam North constituency by-election in Oyam district on Thursday. In one incident, armed unidentified people stormed Wang Lobo polling station in Otwal sub-county and put the presiding […]
The police in Oyam district are holding 15 suspects in connection to the chaos that was reported during the parliamentary by-election. According to the Kyoga region police spokesperson Jimmy Patrick Okema, these include a group that was riding motorcycles to reportedly escort ballot boxes to polling stations. He says 14 […]
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. […]
