{"id":32933,"date":"2018-01-25T09:22:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=32933"},"modified":"2018-01-25T09:22:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T09:22:39","slug":"jinja-east-by-election-set-for-march-15th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/jinja-east-by-election-set-for-march-15th\/","title":{"rendered":"Jinja East by-election set for March 15th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Moses Ndhaye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Electoral Commission has set March 15<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> as the\u00a0polling date for Jinja East constituency by-election.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama says nomination of candidates will be conducted on the 14<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> February at the Jinja district headquarters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He says display of the voters\u2019 registers will be done from 12<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to 21<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">st<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of February across the 47 polling centers in the constituency.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He says currently there are over 28,400 registered voters in the Jinja East constituency who are expected to participate in the exercise.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to the program released this morning, campaigns will run from February 19<sup><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">th<\/span><\/sup><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to 13<\/span><sup><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">th<\/span><\/sup><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> March.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The parliamentary seat fell vacant after the Court of Appeal nullified the election of Igeme Nabeta over election malpractice.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The petition was filed by the opposition Forum for Democratic Change&#8217;s Paul Mwiru who previously held the same seat.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five people have so far expressed interest in running for the Jinja East Constituency seat including NRM&#8217;s Igeme Nabeta and FDC&#8217;s Paul Mwiru.<\/p>\n<p>Others are\u00a0Christine Abuze a former Jinja District councilor coming as an FDC leaning independent, Faizal Mayemba a businessman in Jinja town-\u00a0an independent\u00a0and Julius Zziwa the Jinja municipality NRM Chairperson who is also contesting as\u00a0independent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Moses Ndhaye The Electoral Commission has set March 15th as the\u00a0polling date for Jinja East constituency by-election. The commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama says nomination of candidates will be conducted on the 14th February at the Jinja district headquarters. He says display of the voters\u2019 registers will be done from 12th to 21st of February across the 47 polling centers in the constituency. He says currently there are over 28,400 registered voters in the Jinja East constituency who are expected to participate in the exercise. According to the program released this morning, campaigns will run from February 19th to 13th March. 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