The District Registrar, Musa Oroma says as the ruling party NRM, is holding its primary elections for contenders vying for the party's ticket for district chairpersons (LC-5) ,City Mayors and councilors across the country, in Soroti City the elections have been called off as results of the delayed demarcations of the city electoral boundaries.
The NRM Electoral Commission of
Soroti has postponed the Soroti City Mayoral and Council party elections that should have taken place this Friday.
The District Registrar, Musa
Oroma says as the ruling party NRM, is holding its primary elections for
contenders vying for the party's ticket for district chairpersons (LC-5) ,City Mayors
and councilors across the country, in Soroti City the elections have been called
off as results of the delayed demarcations of the city electoral boundaries.
“It’s unfortunate that as a result of the delay in
the demarcation of electoral boundaries by the authorities, as a party we
cannot hold any elections for the city until further notice,” he lamented.
The announcement, does not interfere with election for the district positions tickets which are
already going on, Oroma said.
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Willy Bisanga, the Chairperson
NRM Soroti City says the demarcation of the boundaries is supposed to
be handled by the City authorities. But he assured the aspirants
and electorate to remain calm as the party is in engagement with responsible bodies
so as to hold elections.
Roman Ogole
Freelancer