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The Electoral Commission has started updating the National Voters Register today ahead of the 2025-2026 general elections.

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The three-week exercise starts today, Monday, January 20th, and ends on February 10th, 2025, at different update stations in communities.

Julius Mucunguzi, the Head of Public Relations and EC Spokesperson, says that the exercise is crucial for the country and the electoral body to generate a credible National Voters Register. 

A separate statement issued by the Electoral Commission indicates that the Voters Register shall be publicized for each of the 10,717 parishes or wards throughout Uganda from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on each of the appointed dates, including weekends. According to the Commission, the purpose of the update exercise is to enable eligible Ugandan citizens aged 18 years and above who are not yet registered as voters to do so.

Paul Bukenya, the Deputy EC Spokesperson, says that the National Voters Register update will also enable registered voters who wish to transfer to new polling locations to apply for transfer and those already registered to check and confirm the correctness of their particulars and appear on the Voters Register at the voting locations that they indicated during registration.

 

Rogers Wolyama the Namisindwa Assistant Resident District Commissioner has asked the people of Namisindwa, Bugisu sub-region and Uganda at large to embrace the exercise so as to be able to exercise their right of selecting leaders for the next five years for the various elective positions. 

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