KAMPALA: The Electoral Commission (EC) has embarked on a verification exercise of administrative units across the country ahead of Women Council elections.
According to EC chairman Justice Simon Byabakama, the verification exercise for Administrative Units will last 10 days, beginning Thursday, 17th March 2022 until 26th March 2022 in all districts and cities across the country.
“The EC is in process of organising these elections, and we must conduct verification of Administrative Units to establish where these villages are located, what are geographical boundaries of these villages etc..,” he said on Thursday, March 17, 2022.
“Women Councils and Committees elections are very important. They start at village level up to the National level (National Women Council at the highest level). The only persons who can participate in these elections are Women citizens of Uganda,” he added.
Justice Byabakama added that while conducting Women Councils and Committees Elections, the EC will not use the National Voters’ Register.
“We will generate a Voters’ Register specifically for these elections because they are only for women,” he said.
“The fact that you are on the National Voters’ Register does not render you eligible to participate in the Women Councils &Committees Elections. When we open up registration for those women who are willing to participate in these elections, go and register yourself,” he added.
Voters and candidates shall be women who are residents of that particular village, citizens of Uganda and must be willing to a member of the Village Women’s council.
Justice Byabakama said after the verification exercise of Administrative Units, the list will be displayed at Sub County. Voters will go and check whether their Village is on list, or whether a wrong village was included for correction, he said.