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EC Starts Verification Of Supporters For Nomination Of Presidential Candidates

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The Electoral Commission on Monday set up a team to start the verification of supporters for nomination of candidates for the 2021 presidential elections.

According to the commission’s acting spokesperson Paul Bukenya, as of September 25, the Commission had given nomination forms and supporter forms to at least 82 aspirants and political parties.

These parties include; the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), Ecological Party Uganda (EPU), National Resistance Movement (NRM), National Unity Platform (NUP) and Revolutionary People’s Party (RPP) among others.

The aspirants include nine females, namely Amaro Faith, Amolo Pamela, Kabarungi Grace Juliana, Kalembe Nancy Linda, Kataha Janet Komugisha, Katushemererwe Brenda, Kyalya Maureen, Lugudde Katwe Abeth and Mirembe Phiona

Bukenya advised aspiring candidates to collect more than 100 signatures from each district, to cater for shortfalls and submit lists for verification at least two weeks before the nomination dates set for 2nd and November 3rd.

Section 10(b) of the Presidential Elections Act provides that a Presidential candidate’s nomination shall be supported by not less than one hundred (100) persons who are registered voters, from not less than ninety-eight (98) districts, which form two thirds (2/3) of all the districts of Uganda.

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