{"id":17071,"date":"2026-05-08T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=17071"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:44:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:44:01","slug":"kalangala-woman-mp-seat-by-election-to-be-held-on-june-24th-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/kalangala-woman-mp-seat-by-election-to-be-held-on-june-24th-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalangala Woman MP Seat By-Election To Be Held On June 24th- EC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Electoral Commission has gazetted  June 24th for the by-election of the e Kalangala District Woman MP, according to the  EC Chairperson Simon Byabakama who is in Kalangala to make cases on thd by election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position fell vaccant last month after the death of  MP elect Helen Nakimuli who had been  elected for a second term in January and was set to be sworn in next week .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electoral Commission has also set June 10th to June 11th as nomination day for candidates while campaigns are set to begin on June 12th until June 22nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commission has asked all duty bearers and the People of Kalangala at large to maintain Law and Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today the Electoral Commission held  a stakeholders\u2019 meeting ahead of the  by-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting, which was convened by Justice Simon Byabakama, the Electoral Commission chairperson,  was held  at the Kalangala District Council Hall grounds starting at 8:00 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Electoral Commission spokesperson, Julius Mucunguzi, the meeting was  intended to brief stakeholders on the roadmap and preparations for the by-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entebbe-post.com\/tayebwa-leads-african-legislators-in-pushback-against-eu-interference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission has gazetted June 24th for the by-election of the e Kalangala District Woman MP, according to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17072,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17071","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\/2026\/05\/G3zBwh9XIAUWiLs.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17005,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-to-release-roadmap-after-parliament-notice-on-kalangala-by-election-following-the-death-of-mp-nakimuli-byabakama\/","url_meta":{"origin":17071,"position":0},"title":"EC to release roadmap after parliament notice on Kalangala by-election following the death of MP Nakimuli- Byabakama","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Electoral Commission Uganda\u00a0has said it is awaiting formal communication from Parliament before issuing a roadmap for a by-election in Kalangala District following the death of Woman MP-elect\u00a0Hellen Nakimuli. 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