Sub Counties in Karamoja Double Ahead of 2021 Elections

Karamoja had 1,996 villages, 52 sub-counties, 19 constituencies and seven districts during the 2016 general election. However, the region now has more than 2,000 villages, 102 sub-counties including town councils, 21 constituencies and nine districts.

The council meeting, which had started early morning, was expected to end by 2:00PM to allow the consultations to take place. Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee members led by their chairperson, Jacob Oboth Oboth arrived the district headquarters as agreed but were blocked by councilors led Molly Anyeko, the Kisoko- Petta sub county woman representative.

They also opposed the proposed Political Parties and Organizations Bill which introduces a code of conduct for political parties and organizations saying the political parties have their own laws which govern them.

Demarcation of electoral areas is the process of identifying and creating electoral areas for purposes of representation of citizen in accordance with the law. Whereas, reorganization of polling stations involves placing voters in the right polling stations in an electoral area.

Justine Obol, the Gulu District Democratic Party Secretary argued that although article (1) of the constitution states that power belongs to the people, this isn’t reflected in the country.

The FDC Spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, says FDC and other parties that participate in the elections are affected by the decisions of those running Electoral Commission yet they are not consulted on their recruitment.

In 2018, the lawyer of the Electoral Commission Eric Sabiiti told URN that more than 100 local council general election petitions that ended up in court most of them had issues to do with voter registration.