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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has delivered voting materials to Serere district, ahead of Thursday’s by-election. The materials that include registers, ballot boxes, ballot papers, Biometric Voter Verification Kits, and basins among others were delivered on Tuesday to the Electoral Commission offices. Sylvia Cheptegei, the Serere District …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has registered 577 new voters in Serere County ahead of next month’s by-election. The new voters were registered during the update of the National Voters’ Register in Serere County conducted last week. In the 2021 general elections, there were 74,464 registered voters in …

Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party members have declined to support Phillip Oucor, the party’s flag bearer in the Serere County parliamentary by-election. Phillip Oucor was the NRM’s party choice in the 2021 parliamentary race. However, with a vote margin of 5,195, he lost …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has set Thursday, February 23, 2023, as the polling date for the by-election of Member of Parliament of Serere County, in Serere district. The seat fell vacant after the tragic death of Bishop Patrick Okabe, who died alongside his wife Christine Okabe …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission (EC) announced that their head offices along Jinja Road will be closed to the general public effective Friday, December 16. The development was confirmed in a notice dated December 15, by the EC secretary, Ronald Mulekwah. According to Mulekwah, the closure is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has adopted a recommendation from its Committee on Human Rights that tasked the Electoral Commission to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections last in the cycle. Committee Chairperson, Fox Odoi Oywelowo said the changes will guarantee interest in the local government elections which have historically suffered …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson Kafuuzi, has been directed to prepare a statutory instrument intended extend the time of office of the Women Councils. “There is a political vacuum and we need this to be resolved. Can we have that document by next Tuesday?” Speaker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has directed the Electoral Commission to provide certified copies of voter registers used at three polling stations at Summit View in Kololo, during the 2021 Kampala Central parliamentary elections. Justice Jesse Byaruhanga Rugyema issued the directive on Monday afternoon during the hearing of …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has blacklisted eight presiding officers in Busongora South County who were implicated in malpractices in last year’s parliamentary elections. The presiding officers were from four polling stations of Busunga, Hamukungu, Katunguru Primary School, and Quran primary school where irregularities were reported. Addressing candidates …