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Here are five things to watch when the Republicans take the stage

Between Tuesday’s State of the Union address and Thursday’s Republican debate, and with the primary season around the corner, this week may well mark “peak spin” for the 2016 campaign.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday urged voters to participate in the upcoming presidential and vice presidential debates by coming up with questions that would be asked the candidates.

The two or so hours of the political debate you see on TV are just a fraction of what’s become an all-day event for the candidates and the journalists.

As the clock ticks down to the undercard debate, Twitter released the top moments from all the presidential primary debates thus far, based on Tweets per minute.

While networks brag about ratings, voters are telling the FCC the ratings would be higher if they didn’t have to pay to watch the presidential primary debates.

Uganda's presidential debates are set to kick off on Friday, with the participation of President Yoweri Museveni still remaining unclear, said reports on Thursday.

The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) says it has officially written to the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda withdrawing from tomorrow’s presidential debate.

Organizers of the presidential debate scheduled for Friday this week say deliberations are is still on since they have not received any official communication from candidates cancelling their participation.

Plan B is that we shall have a tele-conference where we shall get Museveni and other candidates who are unable to make it to Kampala to join the debate.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday said presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2016 elections are not required to attend the debates that it will organize with media organizations.

The presidential and vice-presidential debates are on following the signing of memorandums of agreement between the Commission on Elections and media organizations.