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Northern, Western, Eastern and Karamoja regions will hold the elections on Monday September 7, starting at 9 am. Elections in Central region and Kampala will be held on Wednesday September 9.
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has postponed the primaries elections for Local Council 1 and Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to next week.
NRM Electoral Commission chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi announced during a press briefing at the commission offices in Kampala, that the elections, which were scheduled to be held today, will be conducted next week.
The regions of Northern, Western, Eastern and Karamoja sub-region will now hold the elections on Monday September 7, starting at 9 am. Elections in Central region and Kampala will be held on Wednesday September 9.
According to Odoi, election materials have already been secured for the exercise and are to be dispatched to the 60,000 villages in the country.
He attributed the postponement to delay in releasing of funds for the exercise but gave assurance that the elections will be held on the set dates without fail.
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On Thursday, Odoi criticized the party's Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba over failure to release the funds in time. When asked about his statements, Odoi brushed it off, instead explaining that there is no rift between him and Lumumba. He says like any organization, there were a few issues on which they disagreed which have since been resolved.
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Hajji Abdul Nadduli, the NRM Buganda chairman, who had come to the NRM offices to pick election materials says the extension will not affect the organisation of the elections.
NRM Electoral Commission chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi announced during a press briefing at the commission offices in Kampala, that the elections, which were scheduled to be held today, will be conducted next week.
The regions of Northern, Western, Eastern and Karamoja sub-region will now hold the elections on Monday September 7, starting at 9 am. Elections in Central region and Kampala will be held on Wednesday September 9.
According to Odoi, election materials have already been secured for the exercise and are to be dispatched to the 60,000 villages in the country.
He attributed the postponement to delay in releasing of funds for the exercise but gave assurance that the elections will be held on the set dates without fail.
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On Thursday, Odoi criticized the party's Secretary General, Justine Kasule Lumumba over failure to release the funds in time. When asked about his statements, Odoi brushed it off, instead explaining that there is no rift between him and Lumumba. He says like any organization, there were a few issues on which they disagreed which have since been resolved.
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Hajji Abdul Nadduli, the NRM Buganda chairman, who had come to the NRM offices to pick election materials says the extension will not affect the organisation of the elections.
