Browsing Chr. Michelsens Institutt by Author "Makara, Sabiti"
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Administering Uganda's 2006 Multiparty Elections: The Role of the Electoral Commission
Makara, Sabiti; Rakner, Lise; Sabastiano, Rwengabo (CMI Working Paper, Working paper, 2008)On 23 February, 2006, Ugandan voters could for the first time since 1980 choose a party of their choice rather than select individual candidates within the Nation Resistance Movement (NRM) system. This paper focuses on the ... -
Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Re-introduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda
Makara, Sabiti; Rakner, Lise; Svåsand, Lars (CMI Working paper, Working paper, 2007)This article addresses the process behind the National Resistance Movement’s (NRM) decision to open for a reintroduction of multiparty politics. Why would a political movement that had been in power for two decades expose ... -
When elections consolidate power: The futile fight of the Ugandan opposition in the 2011 elections
Helle, Svein-Erik; Makara, Sabiti; Skage, Ingvild Aagedal (CMI Brief vol. 10 no. 2, Report, 2011-05-18)Recent elections in Uganda produced the outcome “everyone expected”: President Museveni and the NRM-party won. After 25 years of Museveni in power, the opposition has failed to pose any significant and real challenge to ...