NEWS UPDATE AT 8AM WITH ORANGE The 2016 presidential elections may be extended after president Museveni concurred with the opposition that the electoral system has collapsed and needs reforms for free and fair elections. Commenting about the recently concluded NRM woman Member of Parliament by-election where NRM lost to DP, President Museveni attributed the disturbing defeat to the electoral commission which he blamed for conniving with Opposition politicians to rig the ruling NRM party out of polls. Museveni says that lack of integrity of the election officials; loyalty and vigilance of the candidate agents have rendered the process null and void. The opposition has been traversing the country calling upon the electorate to demand for electoral reforms which include among others disbandment of the electoral commission which they have always accused of working for the ruling party. Grief has filled pilgrims walking from Lira to Namugongo as one of their own dies on the way to the martyr’s shrine. Denis Otigu a 35 year old resident of Alega village who started feeling cold and dizzy on Saturday died at Diima as he was being rushed to Atapara hospital. Meanwhile, police has continued to beef up security ahead of the Tuesday celebrations. The national identity card registration exercise is set to receive a boost as government rolls out 4, 480 kits to first track the first phase of the registration exercise which is expected to end next month. This follows numerous complaints from the public about the insufficient kits that have resulted into long ques. currently, 3,520 kits are being used instead of the planned 8,000. Meanwhile, The ministry of internal affairs is also in the process of procuring two more printing machines to add to the available two with each machine printing over 2000 cards per hour. Polling in Egypts presidential election has been extended for a third day after low turnout. Polls were due to close at 5pm on Tuesday, but have now been extended to Wednesday. The scale of turnout is seen as key to legitimising the winner The US state department has warned any American citizens in Libya to leave the country immediately as the situation in the country remains unpredictable and unstable. the US said it was sending a warship carrying around 1,000 marines to the region for any possible evacuation of American officials. This after a renegade Gen, Khalifa Haftar launched an assault against Islamist militias in Benghazi urging the judiciary to appoint a crisis government to oversee new elections after accusing Libyas leaders of fostering terrorism. RADIOCITY NEWS: WE BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 05:14:34 +0000
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