Candidates contesting for positions in Lower Local Council are required to pay 20,000 Shillings, those vying for district Council positions pay 50,000 Shillings, Municipal Councilors pay 50,000 Shillings while Members of Parliament pay three million Shillings for their nomination.
In a letter signed by EC Chairperson, Simon Byabakama Mugenyi, Michael Akol was disqualified on December 22 following a petition by the incumbent MP Albert Lokoru, who noted that Akol does not have the required qualifications for Member of Parliament.
Visibly disappointed, Amuriat said the police was being used to frustrate people working for change, adding that the Police Commission was a bottleneck to democracy in Uganda.
Emily Moses Akol, the District Youth Chairman for Kaabong says participation in elections of youth leaders is always very low as delegates fear to meet transport costs. He says the issue has created vulnerability in the choices of youth leaders as the youth vote candidates with money.
Lomonyang, who has been the vice president ULGA for Karamoja region polled 140 votes against his only challenger, Joseph Luzige, who got 123 votes. He was declared amid protests from delegates, some of whom stormed out of the meeting before voting.
Sando Modo, a resident of Natum-kasikou in Rupa sub county, says some people are already in conflict following their divergent views and decisions to support specific candidates. He fears that the conflicts might worsen after the polls.
According to Sidonia Angom Achieng, the chairperson of the university task force, the president recommended that the university starts with the college of Agriculture to address issues of hunger in Karamoja. Angom told URN that although the suitable name for the University has not yet been conclusive, Moroto district council has suggested Mt. Moroto University.
Stella Atyang, the ruling NRM party candidate for Moroto district woman Parliamentary seat, has sailed through unopposed. Atyang is now set to occupy the seat that fell vacant on February 14th following the death of her niece, Annie Logiel.
The ruling party held primary elections in Moroto on Monday to choose a candidate for the district Woman Parliamentary seat which fell vacant on February 14 following the death of Annie Logiel. The primary polls, pitting former Member of Parliament Margaret Iriama and Logiels niece, Stella Atyang, appear to have created rifts in the party.
Joyce Achan, the Moroto District Electoral Commission Registrar, declared Atyang nominated a few minutes to midday after fulfilling all the requirements.
Stella Atyang, a niece to the late Moroto Woman Member of Parliament Annie Logiel, is the ruling NRM party flag bearer for the parliamentary by-election slated for April 26, 2017. The district woman parliamentary seat fell vacant in February this year following the death of Logiel.
Francis Tumukunde, the Supervisor Nadunget sub county, says the polls started late due to late delivery of voting materials. He notes that the voting materials left Moroto Central Police Station at 7:30 am as agreed by the candidates.
Mriko Lopuwa, a businessman in Rupa Sub County in Moroto district asked the authorities to deal with individual criminals instead of interfering with the operations of the market.
