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The electoral commission’s audit management system software has collapsed. The commission has now allocated funds to be used for the acquision of supply and installation of zimbra mail software. The bidding will be conducted in accordance with domestic bidding procedures contained in the public procurement and disposal of public assets act 2003 and open […]
This after receiving reports that civil servant in Bukanga are unlawfully using their position to campaign for the next area member of parliament, The electoral commission chairman, Haji. Badru Kigundu is warning all those that are involved in the act to stop since it is illegal. Kigundu notes that the updated register will be displayed […]
Electoral Commission warns Political parties that have not honored the Constitutional obligation of submitting Audited Accounts that they risk being dragged to Court. Electoral Commission Secretary Sam Rwakoojo while appearing before Public Accounts Committee said Section 12(3) and (4) of the Political Parties and Organizations Act 2005 requires every political party to be audited once […]
The electoral commission has approved the programme for the by-election of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukanga, in Isingiro district and for elections and by-elections at various local government council levels where vacancies exist in Bukanga. The election follows the death of Gregory Matovu, the directly elected MP for Bukanga and […]
President Museveni has directed the chairman of electoral commission Eng. Badru Kigundu to elect representatives of professional bodies to Kampala City Council (KCCA). Section 13(3) of the KCCA act, 2011 (act no. 1 of 2011), stipulates inter alia, that, professional bodies that include engineers, architects, lawyers, and medical doctors should elect their representatives/councilors to […]
The Electoral Commission is about to hold country wide elections for Local Council I chairpersons using cost cutting measures that would soon be approved by the Parliament of Uganda. The measures to be considered for approval are contained in the Local Government (Amendment) bill of 2012. According to the bill, one of the cost […]
The Acting commissioner, Uganda Human Rights commission Dr. Katebalirwe Amooti says although they recognize that the Uganda electoral commission has challenges, some of them beyond their control, little has been done to improve the handling of the election process. He was speaking as Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate the international human […]
The Uganda police has come out to correct the erroneous reports attributed to the electoral commission (EC) and reported in the media, regarding police investigation into complaints of electoral fraud in the recent by election of Kasese woman MP representatives. The police spokesperson Simon Kutesa says that EC contends that the arrest of the […]
The electoral commission has noted with concern the incidents that happened in Kasese district woman MP polls and other Local Council by elections across the country. On Saturday 11th August, 2012, the Kasese district returning officer, Kanzira Tumwesigye and the assistant returning officer, Jacqueline Atuhairwe, were arrested by Uganda police allegedly on election-related fraud. The […]
The Electoral Commission (EC) has rejected the Democratic Party demands to extend the number of days for campaigns in the Butambala parliamentary by-elections. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Kampala, the party DP Secretary general Mathias Nsubuga demanded the commission to extend the period saying that the time allocated for the exercise is […]