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On 15th January 2015 the first live presidential debate was broadcast on television all over Uganda. 8 presidential candidates were invited to take part and 7 turned up.

Vendredi soir se tenait le premier débat présidentiel. Un événement unique qui a réuni 7 des 8 candidats à la présidence. Seul le président sortant, Yoweri Museveni ne s'est pas présenté devant le public qui s'était réuni pour l'occasion au grand Serena Hôtel, où était organisé le débat.

Hopes to hold Uganda's first ever televised presidential elections debate with all candidates present were revived yesterday after it was indicated that incumbent President Museveni and Forum for Democratic Change candidate Kizza Besigye would attend despite earlier reservations.

El Colegio de Periodistas del Perú, (CPP) y el Colegio de Abogados de Lima(CAL) organizarán el primer debate entre los candidatos que postulan a la Presidencia de la República, el mismo que se realizará 11 y 12 de febrero, en el auditorio Mario Vargas Llosa, de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú.

Seven candidates featured in the debate at Serena Hotel's Victoria Conference Hall in Kampala.

Sunday night is the final scheduled debate for three Democratic candidates before the Iowa caucuses.

American interest in presidential primary debates is waning, even as the actual voting approaches.

The main subplot as preparations continue to take shape remains the possibility of whether President Yoweri Museveni, the presidential flag bearer of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), will attend the debate.

Uganda held its first ever presidential candidates' debate Friday but veteran leader Yoweri Museveni did not attend.

Seven out of eight presidential candidates; Independent's Amama Mbabazi, FDC's Kizza Besigye, Dr Abed Bwanika, Venansius Baryamureeba, Benon Biraro, Joseph Mabirizi, Maureen Kalya have arrived for the first session of the presidential debate at Serena Hotel Kampala.

The Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate told voters in Budaka taxi park this afternoon that he doesn't just want to hear about the agendas of his rivals but wants to face off with them in debate so they can articulate what they all have to offer to Ugandans.

All is set for the debates of candidates for president and vice president in the May elections.