The initiative aims to establish fully functional police stations in every sub-county, municipality and town council, complete with personnel, communication equipment and patrol motorcycles to strengthen security and improve crime response at the grassroots.
Ugandans turned out across the country to elect their Local Council I (LC I) leaders, with voting marked by high participation, peaceful moments, and isolated incidents of delays, disputes, and security interventions.
Ndisaba revealed that a district security meeting had received reports that some school heads had registered students on village voters’ registers to enable them to participate in the polls.
Okurut says security agencies have been fully deployed and are working closely with the Electoral Commission to guarantee a calm voting process across the city.
Twalla Fadil, the PLU general secretary, took to X on Monday to congratulate Kisekka on his appointment
"Tomorrow is another important day for our party and our country. I call upon every NRM supporter to wake up early, go to the polling station and vote only for the NRM flagbearer," Todwong said.
Kawooya said local leaders at the village level remain influential in their respective communities and should act as role models by possessing key home basics.
“There will be no victory processions after the elections. We call upon members of the public to remain peaceful, lawful and orderly. Any person aggrieved by the outcome should use the courts of law and not resort to violence,” Kituuma said.
Takwana revealed that in Kijangi A village, one of their Electoral Commission officials had plucked out seven pages containing voters’ names from the voters’ register.
Bishop Odongo expressed concern over rising levels of corruption within some local governments.
As of Saturday, it will be 48 days since Biya, 93, who has been in power for more than 40 years and is the world's oldest head of state, left Cameroon.
“We have arrested quite a number, and we are still investigating others,” Todwong said. “We sent money to the district offices, but some district officials misused these funds. Reports are still coming in because the circular from the Secretariat clearly spelt out how the money was to be distributed to the villages and to our flag bearers.”
Ramaphosa asked the Western Cape High Court to stop the work of a parliamentary impeachment committee until his review of a November 2022 report that found he "may have committed" serious violations and misconduct.
Justice Collins Acellam dismissed the application with costs to Busiki County Member of Parliament Paul Akamba, holding that the NRM was effectively seeking to appeal against the court's earlier decision rather than asking the court to correct an error apparent on the face of the record.
Rebecca Nandutu, the Electoral Commission for Lamwo district, said they will not hold elections in the 45 villages where their candidates are nominated unopposed.
Barugahara said the Government received petitions and concerns about public servants abandoning duty stations for Local Council I and II campaigns.
“I would like to call upon the people of Buganda to stop asking money from the politicians. They gave them money to buy vehicles (and I hear people calling it huge money) but sincerely it’s not a lot of money given the loads of work at play for a member of parliament in five years,” said Mayiga.
“We have seen the chairperson of the commission before go on social media ranting, discrediting fellow commissioners. How can we trust such a chairperson to work with these people? These commissioners you see here... some things cannot be mentioned on camera, but I think that chairperson undermines them from social media,” Naturinda argued
Court heard that while the IGP filed a response opposing the application, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), who is also named as a respondent, had not filed a reply to the application.
“As matters stand, she remains the substantive Chairperson of the Commission,” Mayanja told MPs during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, chaired by Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth.