Kaiti magistrate sentences Namutumba tally clerk to 18 months for forging LC III election results

A Grade One Magistrate's Court in Kaiti sentenced a 24-year-old Electoral Commission tally clerk in Namutumba to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to forgery and uttering a false document, according to the Daily Monitor. The magistrate said electoral fraud threatens democracy; the clerk told court he had been misled by promises of money from candidates.