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Item Ex-minister Bakoko returns home next week.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-05) Lubega, HenryThe former Labour and Gender minister Zoe Bakoko Bakori is returning home on Friday , next week, ending her 10-year self-imposed exile in the United States. Family sources say the minister and the president met in New York last year and the two reconciled.Item EC starts training of results transmisssion staff.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-05) Kafeero, StephenThe Electoral Commission yesterday started the training of trainers on the Election Results Transmission and Dissemination system (ERTDS) for the February 18 and subsequent polls.Item Only victory will suffice for Stallions.(New Vision, 2016-02-06) Muziransa, MakhtumUganda's representatives at this weekend's Maseno Amadi Open in Western Kenya are mixed bag with varying expectations. The competition in Kenya's hockey hub will pit clubs against secondary schools and university sides.Item Abim procurement officer fired over fraud.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-06) Ariong, StevenAbim district procurement officer has been suspended for alleged gross inefficiency, insubordination and fraud. Ms. Esther Afoyochan was suspended by Abim chief administrative officer Moses Kasiba on the advice of the Inspector General of Government.Item Ex- Mukono DPC espcapes execution, gets 40 years in jail.(New Vision, 2016-02-06) Kigongo, JulietFormer Mukono district police commander James Peter Aurien has survived the hanging punishment after court of Appeal reduced his death sentence to 40 years in jail. Two justices of the Appeal Court Remmy Kasule and Augustine Nshimye upheld Aurien's murder conviction but reduced his death sentences on account that he has a chance to reform.Item President to restrain landlords on evictions(Daily monitor, 2016-02-11) Mugerwa, YasiinNRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni yesterday vowed to end the "war" between landlords and tenants and promised to use the Land Fund to stop evictions. The President, who was addressing a rally in Nakawuka trading centre in Busiro South in Wakiso District, also welcomed Mr Emmanuel Tumusiime, the president of the opposition Forum for Integrity in Leadership party, who opted to support the NRM candidate.Item Otafire, new entrant Kahonda(Daily monitor, 2016-02-11) Amanyisa, ZadockUntil October last year, former army Capt Donozio Kahonda was not known beyond Ruhinda constituency in Mitooma District. His daring bid to unseat Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, the current minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, from the constituency which has known no other representative under the NRM regime, has turned him into something of a political celebrity.Item NRM can't lose - Museveni(Daily monitor, 2016-02-15) Mugerwa, YasiinThree days to the general election, the NRM presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni yesterday said the ruling National Resistance Movement party cannot lose the February 18 general election and called his opponents too weak to pose a meaningful challenge. "NRM cannot lose, we don't have competition. You cannot compare Museveni with others," Mr Museveni told journalists at State House Entebbe yesterday.Item Otafiire faults police on election violence(Daily monitor, 2016-02-15) Amanyisa, Zadock; Ainebyoona, FelixThe Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has threatened to cause disciplinary action against police in Mitooma District for allegedly taking sides during the election period. Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, who is contesting for the Ruhinda County parliamentary seat, made the remarks during a meeting of police and aspiring candidates in the district in Mitooma Town Council.Item Buhweju leaders want DPC probed over church raid(Daily monitor, 2016-02-18) Amanyisa, ZadockLeaders in Buhweju District have asked government to open fresh investigations into the conduct of the current district police commander, Mr Ben Nuwamanya, over last month's church raid and his involvement in partisan politics. This was revealed by leaders during a press conference held in Nsiika Town Council, Buhweju District Council, on Monday.Item Some social media feasts.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Ajwang, JanSo this election came with something else. Social media can and will be turned off if it is a security threat. Then Ugandans can actually go off social media for hours and life still goes on. You know on voting day I woke up feeling so brilliant and I think I wrote the most eloquent piece I could about these elections. I was proud and happy.Item What next for Besigye?(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Okuda, IvanWhen all is said and done, the election is here and the outcome, at least as relayed by the Electoral Commission (EC), the only entity legally empowered to announce the winner of the presidential election, is out for the world. Question of the day is: what next for Forum for Democratic Change candidate Kizza Besigye and independent candidate Amama Mbabazi?Item Police intercept Bwanika at border.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Jjingo, Malik Fahad; Ssenkabirwa, Al-MahdiFriday intercepted presidential candidate Abed Bwanika at Mutukula border in Rakai District suspecting him of trying to flee the country. The southern region police spokesperson, Mr Ibin Ssenkumbi, confirmed the incident and said Police asked Dr Bwanika not to leave the country because vote tallying of the Thursday general elections was still going on countywide.Item DP sweeps polls in Masaka, VP returns(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Jjingo, Malik FahadDemocratic Party (DP) parliamentary candidates have swept most constituencies in Masaka District and only lost in one constituency of Bukoto Central. According to the results from the Thursday general election, DP retained Masaka Municipality MP seat and Bukoto East constituency with Mr Mathias Mpuuga and Ms Florence Namayanja Nsamba, both incumbents, bouncing back.Item IGP Kayihura recalls Ruhweza to Kampala.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Kato, JosephThe Inspector General of Police (IGP), Gen Kale Kayihura, has recalled Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP) James Ruhweza from Elgon region in the east to Kampala in what is seen as a strategy to have him manage possible post-election violence. Mr Ruhweza has been appointed as Operations Commander Kampala Metropolitan.Item Minister Chebrot loses Tingey seat.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Chemitai, JoyceState minister for Transport and incumbent MP for Tingey County Dr Stephen Chebrot, was defeated by independent candidate Kenneth Soyekwo Cheborion, aka, Obama. Cheborion got 8,340 votes while Chebrot received 8,200 votes in the hotly contested race.Item What observers say about the polls.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Musisi, FredericSheraton Kampala Hotel was yesterday a beehive of activity as local and foreign journalists jumped from one room to another for the marathon briefings by the various election observer mission groups about their assessment of Thursday's presidential elections. Sunday Monitor's Frederic Musisi was there and captured the reactions.Item FDC rejects election results.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Imaka, IsaacForum for Democratic Change party has rejected the outcome of the just concluded presidential elections saying the exercise was a fraud. In a statement issued hours before the Electoral Commission declared President Museveni winner, the FDC president, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, asked all Ugandans and the international community to "reject and condemn the fraud that has been committed and to expose it to the fullest extent possible."Item What I would do if allowed to be president of Uganda.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Acemah, HaroldFellow citizens, in the discharge of my duties as president, I would always bear in mind and be guided by the fact that power belongs to God. As the psalmist writes: "More than once I have heard God say that power belongs to Him and that His love is constant." Psalms 62:11 (GNB)Item Poll observers give mixed verdict.(Daily Monitor, 2016-02-21) Musisi, FredericInternational election observers gave Thursday's presidential polls a mixed bill of health with the European Union and Commonwealth groups describing it as short of being free and fair, while the African monitors praised the exercise. The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM), who condemned the actions of the police prior to voting and on polling day, commended the voters' enthusiasm to participate in the election process, citing their active involvement in the campaigns and the long hours they queued up waiting to vote.