EC nullifies NRM candidate in Masaka LC elections
The Electoral Commission in Masaka, Uganda, has disqualified an NRM candidate for a local chairperson position due to his failure to resign from his public service role. A second dispute has also emerged regarding another candidate's eligibility due to holding concurrent political offices.
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This highlights local governance challenges and the enforcement of electoral laws regarding public service and political office holding.
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Masaka, Uganda | URN | The Electoral Commission has cancelled the nomination of Augustine Mukasa Luswata, the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate for Njumaga Cell Chairperson in Katwadde Ward, Masaka City, for seeking a political office without resigning from public service.
According to a decision communicated by Masaka City Returning Officer Joloba Hydary, Luswata was nominated in error because he is still a serving employee of the Uganda Prisons Service at Masaka Main Prison.
Joloba explained that the nomination is irregular because the law prohibits serving public officers from contesting elective political office without first leaving public service.
“As a public officer, the law does not allow you to hold two public offices at the same time,” the Returning Officer partly states in the cancellation letter.
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