KAMPALA: The Electoral Commission (EC) has issued an official programme for a by-election in Omoro county following the death and burial of the Omoro County MP and former Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, on Friday.
On April 14, 2022, the National Voter Register will be updated. There will also be a by-election for the Omoro district woman councillor for Lalogi/Lakwaya after Caroline Nyakorach resigned because of a dispute with her husband.
Speaking to Uganda Radio Network-URN on Saturday, EC Spokesperson Paul Bukenya said the update of the voters’ register in each of the thirty seven parishes in the constituency will last five days until the 19th of April.
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“The Commission has picked Tuesday, April 19, 2022, as the cut-off date for voter registration. Registration and transfer of voters from one polling station to another within the county will not be conducted after this date, “he said.
As required by the law, this exercise will be followed by the display of the National Voters’ Register, which is slated for between April 25th and May 5th at the eighty-four polling stations in the constituency.
Then there will be a two-day nomination exercise on May 12-13, 2022. This is what he said: The party leaders have already been told to start preparing candidates for the election.
Campaigns will be held for a week before the elections on May 26th. The Parliamentary Election Act, 2005, says that a by-election must be held in 60 days after a seat is vacant.
