Uganda Governance Monitor
Uganda Governance Monitor
The Independent reports that the Electoral Commission is training at least 400 Uganda Prisons officers at its headquarters warehouse in Kampala in ballot paper safety, packing and distribution to polling centres. EC public relations officer Paul Bukenya said 400 to 600 officers would be needed and would be paid an allowance by mobile e-payment; Prisons spokesperson Frank Baine said Commissioner of Prisons Gervase Tumuhimbise supervises the exercise.
Single source: Reported by one outlet; not yet independently confirmed.