{"id":29479,"date":"2022-04-11T14:30:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today"},"modified":"2022-04-11T14:50:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:50:01","slug":"ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today","title":{"rendered":"EC starts displaying administrative units today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Electoral Commission (EC) has today started displaying lists of verified administrative units at city division and sub-county headquarters countrywide until April 20 ahead of the women\u2019s council and local council elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Paul Bukenya, the EC spokesperson, told this publication that the exercise will enable the public confirm that only existing administrative units (villages\/cells and parishes\/wards) will participate in the elections that will take place between March 17 and March 26 next year.<\/p>\n<p>He also said administrative units that were created after April 9, 2021, are included on the list because the local government Statutory Instrument released this year puts them out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis display exercise is important to the people and the EC because there is a need to confirm the units that may have been introduced. Any objection against the inclusion or omission of an administrative unit (village\/cell or parish\/ward) shall be raised to the respective district\/city returning officer through the division\/sub-county supervisor using the forms provided by the Electoral Commission,\u201dMr Bukenya said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Electoral Commission will hear and determine any queries and\/or objections raised by the public about the inclusion\/omission of any administrative unit (village\/cell or parish\/ward) in accordance with the legal provisions for the creation of administrative units,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>During the conduct of the last women councils and committees and administrative units (LC1 &amp; LC2) elections in 2018, there ensued complaints at different levels arising from disputes over the legal establishment of some of the villages\/cells, their names, and boundaries placement, among others.<\/p>\n<p>During the verification, according to EC, there will be scrutiny and creation of clear boundaries and legal administrative units using the existing units at the village level within which the impending elections will be conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bukenya said after the display, the commission will produce the final list, which will be disseminated to all stakeholders by May 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll persons participating in the display exercise shall be required to comply with guidelines issued by the Electoral Commission in accordance with the government and Ministry of Health measures against the spread of Covid-19,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The Electoral Commission (EC) has today started displaying lists of verified administrative units at city division and sub-county headquarters countrywide until April 20 ahead of the women\u2019s council and local council elections next year. Mr Paul Bukenya, the EC spokesperson, told this publication that the exercise will enable the public confirm that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-29479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EC starts displaying administrative units today - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission (EC) has today started displaying lists of verified administrative units at city division and s ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EC starts displaying administrative units today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Electoral Commission (EC) has today started displaying lists of verified administrative units at city division and s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-11T14:30:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-11T14:50:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/04\/img-62543ffd4178a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EC starts displaying administrative units today\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-11T14:30:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-11T14:50:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/04\/img-62543ffd4178a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/ec-starts-displaying-administrative-units-today\",\"name\":\"EC starts displaying administrative units today - 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