EC Sets Fresh Date for Villages Affected by Local Council I Poll Disruptions

What the report says

Nile Post reports that Uganda’s Electoral Commission has issued a new timetable for villages where Local Council I elections were disrupted or did not take place. EC Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama said the wider village election exercise was completed in many areas after Tuesday’s polling, but some villages faced problems that stopped voting or left parts of the process unresolved.

According to the report, areas where voter registers were destroyed will undergo fresh registration on Thursday, July 30, followed by public display and verification of the registers on Friday, July 31. Voting in those villages is scheduled for Saturday, August 1. In places where voting failed but voter registers were not damaged, residents will proceed directly to voting on Saturday without registering again.

The EC also set a process for villages affected by nomination-related issues. Where candidates had previously been disqualified during nominations, fresh nominations are due on Wednesday morning, with campaigns on Friday and elections on Saturday. Byabakama said villages where leaders were already elected successfully will not repeat any part of the process.

Nile Post further reports that the Commission has received complaints from the elections and will review them before deciding on next steps through the established legal process. Byabakama urged calm in areas disputing results and warned against interference with the repeat polls, saying the EC would coordinate with security agencies. The repeat exercise is intended to complete LC I leadership selection in the affected villages, a key layer of local administration and community representation.