local government Amendment Bill 2016

Makindye MP Sewanyana wants secret ballot for LC elections as citizens demand public hearings

Makindye MP Sewanyana wants secret ballot for LC elections as citizens demand public hearings

The Member of Parliament for Makindye West, Allan Sewanyana, has suggested that a review of the Local Government (Amendment) Act 2014 whose provisions for lining up behind candidates while voting village council leaders be changed to secret ballot. He says that the law is impractical since many villages have a sizeable number of voters and that […]

DP wants government to extend dates for LC elections

DP wants government to extend dates for LC elections

The Democratic Party has demanded that government extends the dates of elections to village councils to allow fresh registration of voters at village level. The Democratic Party officials led by the party deputy secretary, Gerald Siranda, and the party vice president in charge of Buganda, Betty Nambooze, while appearing before the public service and local […]