Electoral Commission is planning to spend over two billion shillings to buy vehicles for ten presidential candidates for the 2011 presidential elections.
Each Presidential candidate will get a VIP vehicle at 130 million, and an escort pickup of 70 million shillings.
Sam Rwakoojo, the Electoral Commission Secretary says that the budget could shoot-up depending on the number presidential candidate.
He says that going by the number of ten candidates, the commission will also require two hundred million shillings to facilitate each candidate at the cost of twenty million shillings per candidate.
Over all the entire electoral process will cost the taxpayer 198 billion shillings which is yet to be released by Electoral commission.
Bukhooli North MP, Stephen Baka Mugabi says that the planned expenditure on cars is too high and should be slashed.
However, Bushenyi Woman MP Mary Karoro Okurut says that stringent guidelines should be instituted at the time of registration to limit the number of presidential candidates.
She says that some candidates may just rush for the registration to take advantage of the benefits like cars and the facilitation.
But Rwakoojo says the commission has no powers to lock out any presidential candidate as long as they meet the requirements until parliament revises the electoral laws.
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written by kabayekka, February 06, 2010
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