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VOTER EDUCATION: EC register has 18.1 million

📌 Total number of voters Uganda elections 2021 ✅ Number of Voters: 18,103,603 ✅ Number of Polling Stations:34,684 📌 Districts with highest populations ➡ Kampala 1,280,409 ➡ Wakiso 1,154,857 ➡ Kasese 384,058 ➡ Mukono 355,275 ➡ Ntungamo 268,541 ➡ Tororo 268,434 ➡ Luwero 257,115 ➡ Kamuli 236,917 ➡ Buikwe 235,640 ➡ Isingiro 233,099 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are 18,103,603 …

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Magyezi says no to creation of new districts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Local Government Rapheal Magyezi has called for the end of the creation of new administrative structures, saying they have broadened the funding gaps at levels of government. According to the minister, local leaders and parliamentarians should instead be focusing on creation …

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Local Govt Minister Butime declares Palorinya in Obongi a district

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Government’s Minister, Tom Butime has written, stating that the disputed Palorinya Sub County belongs to the newly created Obongi district. This is contained in the minister’s November 18th, 2019 letter to the Moyo and Obongi District Chairpersons. “By virtue of the fact that …

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BAHATI: No budget for elections in new districts

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government does not have a budget to facilitate the election of leaders in the six newly created districts, according to State Minister for Planning David Bahati. The affected districts are Nabilatuk, Kapelebyong, Bugweri, Kwania, Kassanda and Kikuube, which all became operational in July …

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Museveni: We cannot afford new districts

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said that there should be an end to the creation of new administrative units in the country. Opening a retreat of NRM party MPs at the National Leadership Institute-NALI in Kyankwanzi on Friday, Museveni noted that the cost …

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Study: Rwenzori residents happy with creation of new districts

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in the Rwenzori region are happy with the creation of new administrative units. This is according to a study conducted by Kabarole Research and Resource Centre, an NGO operating in the Rwenzori region. The study conducted by Makerere University political scientist, Prof Godfrey …

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VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts

VIDEO: Finance PS: Government has no money to run new districts Kampala,Uganda | NTV | There is no money for the newly created districts, this according to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Keith Muhakanizi. He was appearing before the legal and Parliamentary affairs committee of Parliament. Also before …

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