{"id":2212,"date":"2021-01-14T16:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:02:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T16:02:31","slug":"ballot-box-stolen-voters-miss-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ballot-box-stolen-voters-miss-voting","title":{"rendered":"Ballot box stolen, voters miss voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Over 800 voters in Kacherere, Rubaale in Ntungamo District did not vote on Thursday because a ballot box that was allocated to the area was allegedly stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Rubaale is a hotly contested constituency between Ms Naome Kabasharira and the State Minister for Gender, Mr Mwesigwa Rukutana.<\/p>\n<p>Their camps have on several occasions clashed during the campaign season.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Latif Ngonzi, the Electoral Commissioner registrar said that they plan to extend voting in the area to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Three people, have reportedly been arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Reports show that the ballot box was stolen after the truck that was hired to deliver voting materials broke down.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, voting has been closed and vote counting is currently underway at most polling stations across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise which was conducted between 7am and 4pm saw a number of hitches where voting was delayed due to reasons ranging from late delivery of polling material to faulty biometric machines.<\/p>\n<p>At St Mbaaga Kiwatule Primary School polling station in Nakawa West Constituency, by 4pm the time voting was meant to end, voters were still queueing.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also show that some voters are returning to polling stations to witness vote counting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Over 800 voters in Kacherere, Rubaale in Ntungamo District did not vote on Thursday because a ballot box that was allocated to the area was allegedly stolen. Rubaale is a hotly contested constituency between Ms Naome Kabasharira and the State Minister for Gender, Mr Mwesigwa Rukutana. 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