{"id":13925,"date":"2025-02-26T08:46:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=13925"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:51:25","slug":"nominations-for-mp-kawempe-division-by-elections-are-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nominations-for-mp-kawempe-division-by-elections-are-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations For MP Kawempe Division By-Elections Are Underway, 13 Candidates Expected To Be Nominated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nominations  for  candidates that will contest for Kawempe Division North by- elections for Member of Parliament (MP) and Kazo-Angola Councillor seats have kicked-off this morning , according to the head of communications at EC ,,Julius Mucunguzi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nominations are taking place at the EC offices in Kawempe near Akamwesi Mall, after Kalerwe, along Gayaza Road. At least 13 candates are expected to be nominated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"13927\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nominations-for-mp-kawempe-division-by-elections-are-underway\/return\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,768\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"return\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/return.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Henry Makabayi , designate Returning Officer <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first candidate will be nominated at 9am, and others will follow subsequently.  By opening time , independent candidate ,Hajjat Hanifah Karadi, was already at the venue .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nomination exercise are open to media coverage, following guidelines on the ground as guided by the Returning Officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mucunguzi said the Returning Officer, designated by the Commission, for this by-election, is Mr Henry Makabayi and is  supported by a number of other EC staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates are required by law to be accompanied by only two people- a seconder and a proposer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nominations for candidates that will contest for Kawempe Division North by- elections for Member of Parliament (MP) and Kazo-Angola Councillor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-elections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/independ-2.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13700,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-sets-march-13-2025-for-kawempe-north-mp-by-election-to-fill-seat-left-by-late-ssegirinya\/","url_meta":{"origin":13925,"position":0},"title":"EC Sets  March 13, 2025 for Kawempe North MP By-Election To Fill Seat Left By Late Ssegirinya","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission (EC) has set march 13, 2025 the date when the Kawempe North MP by-election will be held . 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