{"id":4684,"date":"2021-11-29T16:04:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2021-11-29T16:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:04:19","slug":"nomination-of-candidates-for-local-government-council-by-elections-kicks-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/nomination-of-candidates-for-local-government-council-by-elections-kicks-off\/","title":{"rendered":"NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS KICKS OFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/td>The Electoral Commission today started the exercise for nominating candidates that will contest in the Local Government Councils By-elections .\u00a0
The nominations will be conducted at the respective District\/City headquarters, in those electoral areas where the vacancies exist, beginning at 9am and ending at 5pm, a statement released by the EC reads in part .
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“Aspiring candidates will be required to fulfil all the requirements for the nomination for each elective position.
Aspiring candidates and their supporters shall further be required to comply with guidelines issued by the Electoral Commission in accordance with the Government of Uganda and Ministry of Health measures against the spread of COVID-19, which include observing social distancing, hand washing, and wearing of masks,” the EC stated .

Due to the prevailing Covid-19 conditions and the threat of a new variant -on the horizon , the EC said an aspiring candidate shall be accompanied to the nomination venue by only two persons, that is, the proposer and the seconder.\u00a0

“The aspiring candidate will be allowed to use only two (2) vehicles for purposes of attending the nominations and each vehicle shall not carry more than three persons including the driver.\u00a0 Convoys and processions shall not be allowed during the nomination exercise.”

The categories to be filled during the by-elections include:\u00a0– District Chairperson for Kayunga District;- District Women Councilors;- District Directly Elected Councilors;\u00a0– Municipality Directly Elected Councilors; – Municipality Women Councilors;\u00a0– Sub-county Chairpersons; – Sub-county Directly Elected Councilors;\u00a0– Sub-County Women Councilors; and\u00a0Councillors representing ting Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Councilors (People with Disabilities; Older Persons, Workers and Youth).\u00a0 The nomination exercise will end tomorrow on Tuesday 30th November 2021.\u00a0

According to the EC roadmap-Candidates\u2019 campaign meetings will be conducted for a period of thirteen (13) days, that is, from 2nd to 14th December 2021.Polling and tallying of results for elections of Councillors representing Special Interest Groups (SIGs) shall take place on Wednesday 15th December 2021.Meanwhile polling for the District Chairperson, Kayunga, and other Local Government Councils shall take place on Thursday 16th December 2021, at all polling stations in the affected electoral areas.<\/a><\/td>		<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Electoral Commission today started the exercise for nominating candidates that will contest in the Local Government Councils By-elections .\u00a0The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4581,"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":[128,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Byabakama.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2455,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-sets-dates-for-nomination-of-candidates-for-elections-of-sigs-representatives-to-parliament\/","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":0},"title":"EC Sets Dates for Nomination of Candidates for Elections of SIGs Representatives to Parliament","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 17, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission has set Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd December 2020 as the dates for nomination of candidates for election of Member of Parliament representing Workers, Youths, Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons.The nominations shall be conducted at the Electoral Commission Headquarters, Plot 55 Jinja Road, Kampala, beginning at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Elections"","block_context":{"text":"Elections","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/elections\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Paul-Bukenya.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Paul-Bukenya.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Paul-Bukenya.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4580,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/electoral-commission-sets-november-29th-and-30th-the-dates-for-nomination-of-candidates-for-the-local-government-councils-by-elections\/","url_meta":{"origin":4684,"position":1},"title":"ELECTORAL COMMISSION SETS NOVEMBER 29th AND 30th THE DATES FOR NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS BY-ELECTIONS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Day-D\u00a0 for the slated By-elections draws near ,the Electoral Commission has earmarked \u00a0Monday 29th November and Tuesday 30th November 2021, the dates for the nomination of candidates for the long awaited Local Government Councils by-elections 2021. 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