Uganda: EC Set to Hold Elections for 3,000 Posts in 45 Districts

Kampala — The Electoral Commission has asked political parties in the country to prepare their candidates for elections to fill 3,336 political positions created in the new municipalities, local councils and sub-counties.

Mr Harold Kaija, the deputy secretary general of Forum for Democratic Change, the largest opposition party in the country, told the press at their headquarters in Najjanankumbi yesterday that they were informed of the elections for new positions during a meeting with EC officials on Saturday.

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