{"id":7900,"date":"2023-01-05T16:46:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=7900"},"modified":"2023-01-05T17:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T17:26:55","slug":"serere-county-parliamentary-by-election-will-be-held-on-february-232023-ec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-county-parliamentary-by-election-will-be-held-on-february-232023-ec\/","title":{"rendered":"SERERE COUNTY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 23,2023- EC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Electoral Commission has released the programme for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Serere County Constituency, Serere District which commences on Tuesday next week January 10th ,2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the EC programm , there will be an update of the National Voters\u2019 Register from Friday 6th to Tuesday 10th January, 2023 at update stations in each of the thirty-eight (38) parishes and wards in Serere County.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Commission has appointed Tuesday 10th January 2023 as the cut-off date for applying for registration as a voter and for transfer of voting location in the County. The registration and transfer of voters from one polling station to another within Serere County will not take place after Tuesday 10th January 2023,&#8221; a statement issued  by the elections body reads in part .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display of the Voters\u2019 Register will be conducted for a period of ten (10) days, that is, from Monday 23rd January to Wednesday 1st February 2023, at all the one hundred thirty-eight (138) polling stations in Serere County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Display of Parish Tribunal Recommendations for deletion from\/or inclusion on the Register will be conducted for six (6) days, that is, from Wednesday February 1st to Monday February 6th 2023 at the Parish\/Ward Headquarters, respectively. The nomination of candidates will be conducted on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th February, 2023 at the Office of the District Returning Officer, Serere.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nominated candidates will conduct campaign meetings for nine (9) days, that is, from Monday 13th till `Tuesday 21st February, 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Polling and tallying of results for by-election of Member of Parliament will be conducted on Thursday 23rd February, 2023.\u00a0 The Parliamentary seat for Serere County fell vacant following the death of the former Member of Parliament, the Late Hon. Okabe Patrick, in a motor accident on 19th December 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor : msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission has released the programme for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Serere County Constituency, Serere<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7902,"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-7900","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\/2023\/01\/download-3.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8322,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-polls-closed-with-nrm-flag-bearer-in-early-lead\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":0},"title":"SERERE POLLS CLOSED WITH NRM FLAG BEARER IN EARLY LEAD","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Polls in the hotly contested Serere parliamentary by -elections have officially closed with the NRM flagbearer , Mr.Philip Oucor taking an early lead . Oucor earlier in the day cast his vote at Oburin primary school, Oburin village in Ocaapa Town Council. Speaking to the media shortly after voting, Philip\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/elections\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ocur.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ocur.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ocur.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ocur.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ocur.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6193,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-issues-programme-for-busongora-county-south-mp-by-elections\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":1},"title":"EC Issues Programme for Busongora County South MP By-elections","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"July 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission has released a roadmap for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Busongora County South Constituency in Kasese District. According to the programme released by the EC there will be an update of the National Voters\u2019 Register from Friday 1st July to Tuesday 5th July 2022\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Elections&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Elections","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/elections\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13646,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/2026-elections-ec-chairman-simon-byabakama-flags-off-update-of-national-voters-register-to-end-on-february-10th-2025\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":2},"title":"2026 Elections: EC Chairman Simon Byabakama Flags off\u00a0 Update Of National Voters Register to End On February 10th 2025","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"January 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Zulfah Namatovu The Electoral Commission Chairman Justice Simon Byabakama has flagged-off the updating of the National Voters Register exercise \u00a0in preparation for the 2026 general elections. The update exercise will be conducted from 20th January to 10th February 2025 at update stations as shall be publicized for each of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/FB_IMG_17373705798863337.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7718,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/serere-mp-okabe-dies-in-motor-accident\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":3},"title":"SERERE MP OKABE DIES IN MOTOR ACCIDENT","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"December 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The MP for Serere Patrick Okabe togther with his wife Christine Okabe have this morning died in a motor accident along the Mbale-Tirinyi highway. According to Faridah Nampiima ,the PRO of the police Traffic and Safety Directorate , the accident occurred around 7am at Nabowa town council,\u00a0 along the Mbale\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Accident&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Accident","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/accident\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/acc.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/acc.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/acc.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/acc.jpg 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5052,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/minister-nabakooba-represents-prime-minister-nabbanja-commissions-ajoba-primary-school-in-serere-built-by-japanese-embassy\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":4},"title":"MINISTER NABAKOOBA REPRESENTS PRIME MINISTER NABBANJA, COMMISSIONS AJOBA PRIMARY SCHOOL IN SERERE BUILT BY JAPANESE EMBASSY","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Minister Judith Nabakooba \u00a0has commissioned a classroom block at \u00a0Ajoba Primary School in Serere District which was constructed \u00a0\u00a0by funding from the Japanese embassy. Nabakooba was representing the Prime Minister Hon. Robinah Nabbanja who didn\u2019t attend the colorful event due to other state engagements. Nakabooba said that the new classroom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sere.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sere.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sere.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sere.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sere.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8946,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ec-sets-date-for-bukedea-district-chairperson-by-election\/","url_meta":{"origin":7900,"position":5},"title":"EC Sets Date For Bukedea District Chairperson By-Election","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"May 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Electoral Commission has set a date for the by-election of Chairperson, Bukedea District. During the electoral programme released by the EC , positions of Councillors in Local Government Councils in the district where vacancies exist will also be filled. The by\u2013election programme will commence with an update of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0aOV-23q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7914,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7900\/revisions\/7914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}