The Kampala City amendment was first introduced before parliament in 2016 and was passed in August in 2019 and ascended to by President Museveni in December 2019.
The amendment put in place the position of the speaker at Kampala Capital City Authority which is designated to maintain the law governing KCCA and presides over council meetings.
While addressing the media at the Uganda media centre of Tuesday, the minister of Kampala, Betty Amongi announced 5th March 2020 as the date to vote for the rest of the positions.
“Kampala Capital City Authority has scheduled Council meetings for the purposes of elections for the speakers and deputy speakers at the authority and at the five division urban councils that is Nakawa, Makindye, Rubaga, Central and Kawempe on 5th March 2020,” she said.
However, the minister said the voting process is supposed to be secret ballot therefore a few people were selected to access the voting venue.
“The executive director of KCCA, town clerks, clerk to councils, the resident city commissioners and the deputy resident city commissioners of the respective divisions and the Chief magistrate will be allowed to access the premises where the voting will take place; so those are the only people who will access the venue,” she said.
The restricted guidelines that have been drawn include not carrying cell phones at the voting venue noting that the election is volatile activity.
“Voters will not be allowed to use their mobile phones or any other recording devices during the voting exercise; after the voting, the Chief magistrate will declare the winner when the exercise is completed,” she said.
Even before announcing the date, political parties had already voted for their candidates though with several disagreements.
Minister Amongi’s full statement
