Ahead of local government by-elections, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that updating of the National Voters register will be concluded tomorrow, Tuesday 26th October 2021 at 6 pm.
It should be recalled that the exercise commenced on Friday 22nd, October to enable all new eligible applicants to register as voters. The move was also done in a bid to transfer voters who wished to switch to new voting locations.
Campus Bee has since learnt that the display of the National Voters’ Register will be conducted from 8th to 17th November 2021, at all polling stations in the affected Local Government electoral areas.
The categories of vacancies to be filled during these by-elections include; the District Chairperson for Kayunga; Chairpersons at Sub County level, as well as Councillors at the District and Sub County, including Councillors representing Special Interest Groups(SIGs).
According to EC, the nomination of candidates will be conducted on Friday 29th and Saturday 30th November 2021 at the respective district headquarters. Candidates’ campaign meetings will be conducted for a period of thirteen (13) days, from Thursday 2nd to 14th December 2021.
The Special Interests Groups elections will be held on 16th December 2021 while the Kayunga District LC V by-election will be held on the 17th December 2021, according to EC.
