Uganda Governance Monitor
Wamala Region police said they arrested a nursing student found with 862 voter location slips and 83 issuance forms in Kibati, Mityana Municipality, after a tip-off received on 4 January 2026. Police said the student told them he had been irregularly assigned the work by an EC supervisor in Bulera Sub-county, and the two EC supervisors were then arrested and charged with neglect of duty and failure to protect government stores, while the student faces charges of unlawful possession of government stores.
Official claim: These are the figures given by Uganda Police Force (Wamala Region spokesperson SSP Lameck Kigozi); they could not be checked independently.
3 arrested or detained