By Enos Masereka,
Government has pledged timely release of funds to facilitate the 2026 general elections.
This was revealed by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja while presenting at the launch of the Electoral Commission’s strategic plan 2022-2023, 2026-2027, and the road map for the 2025-2026 elections in Kampala.
Nabbanja said though government is economically constrained, it will devise means to ensure that all resources needed by the Commission for the smooth running of the electoral roadmap are provided.
The Office of the Prime Minister will make sure that the required funds are released to the Commission to smoothly execute the activities as outlined in the roadmap for the next general election, Nabbanja said.
According to the electoral body, the entire electoral exercise requires over 1.3 trillion shillings. Rt.Hon. Nabbanja speaking….
The commission has on many occasions complained about the delayed provision of funds which affects its mandate to organize timely, free, and fair elections in the country.
Mr. Gerald Siranda, DP secretary General and UPC’s Ebil complained that the Electoral commission had continued to flout the law on political parties’ funding by giving the ruling NRM a lion’s share of electoral facilitation funds in 2021 when the law says funding should be equal to all parties during poll year.
The two said they were going to sue the commission for this anomaly. END.