{"id":14737,"date":"2025-06-30T17:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=14737"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:23:03","slug":"special-interest-groups-elections-campaigns-kick-off-to-run-until-july-5th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/special-interest-groups-elections-campaigns-kick-off-to-run-until-july-5th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Interest Groups Elections Campaigns Kick-off  To Run Until July 5th , 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Campaigns by all nominated candidates to contest for parish level committees for youth, older persons and PwDs under the Special Interest Groups elections kicked off today, Monday 30th June and  will run until  5th July 2025, according to Mr. Julius Mucunguzi , the EC Spokesperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Election for the these interest groups at parish level will be held on  7th JulyT2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Electoral Commission the electorate for the parish-level committees will comprise the village-level committees for each category. For instance, village committees for youth in a parish will elect the parish-level committee for youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electoral Commission encourages eligible candidates to participate in these processes while following the guidelines and procedures set forth for the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor: msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" data-attachment-id=\"14738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/special-interest-groups-elections-campaigns-kick-off-to-run-until-july-5th-2025\/ec-60x60-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"350,350\" 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=\"EC-60&amp;#215;60-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EC-60x60-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Campaigns by all nominated candidates to contest for parish level committees for youth, older persons and PwDs under the Special<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14740,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/OIP-1.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14811,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-holds-youth-parish-committees-elections-today-calls-for-a-peaceful-exercise\/","url_meta":{"origin":14737,"position":0},"title":"EC Holds Youth Parish Committees Elections Today, Calls For A Peaceful Exercise","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Zulfah Namatovu The Electoral Commission has called for peaceful youth elections at the parish level which is going on today. 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