BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2026 Osman Ezale, the returning officer for the Arua City confirmed that they have received ballot boxes and election materials. for all the 446 polling stations. He said the materials arrived on Saturday of which 430 were in perfect condition but seals for …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2025 As January 15, 2026, the polling day for the Presidential and Parliamentary elections draws closer, the regional returning officer for West Nile has called upon the candidates to respect the mandate of the electoral commission to manage the election process and guard …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025 At 53 years, Asa Suleiman Orodriyo, a resident of Bazaar Ward in Arua Central Division has participated in all the elections since the National Resistance Movement reintroduced elective politics starting with the resistance councils. “I represented Bazaa women in the local council …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025 The nomination center in Arua city was one of the busiest in the two-day exercise as a total of 21 candidates were cleared to contest for four elective parliamentary seats. The most coveted is the seat for Arua Central Division currently held …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 Nezima Ocokoru, a candidate of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) and Sunday Baguma of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) were the headline nominated candidate on Monday as the race for the Arua Central Division Mayor gets underway. The returning officer Osman …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 Hon Mayor Buga, the former Arua district secretary for health is plotting a comeback into council, this time to represent Arua Central Division in the City council. It is one of the three coveted positions for directly elected councilors for which 14 …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2025 The nominations for the various electoral positions in Arua City have ended with the electoral commission registering 45 candidates, four of whom sailed through unopposed. Those declared without opponents are the two youth councilors, the male elderly representative and the Female workers’ …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU Arua: Tuesday, April 29, 2025 Richard Kamugisha Baabo, the acting secretary of the electoral commission (EC) said some years back, the commission asked districts to avail land for construction of their field offices. Arua district was one of the few districts that offered land for this purpose …
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