Overview:
EC first suspended election for the position of the LCIII Chairperson in Bulindi town council on February 4, 2026, after ballot papers delivered to Bulindi Town Council were found to contain names and photographs of candidates who had not been nominated for the race.
The Electoral Commission (EC) has again postponed the elections of LCIII Chairperson in Bulindi town Council in Hoima district.
EC first suspended election for the position of the LCIII Chairperson in Bulindi town council on February 4, 2026, after ballot papers delivered to Bulindi Town Council were found to contain names and photographs of candidates who had not been nominated for the race.
The Bulindi Town Council LCIII contest had attracted three candidates: Robert Ayebale, an Independent; Moses Kajura of the National Resistance Movement; and Hannington Sunday, also an Independent.
However, during the verification of polling materials, election officials discovered anomalies on the ballot papers. The papers bore four names and photographs, yet only three candidates had been legally nominated by the EC.
The names that appeared on the ballot papers then were Patrick Abola, Yakobo Sabino, Charles Obete Oryem, and Aldon Richard Kamuhara, individuals who are neither registered voters nor nominated candidates in Bulindi Town Council.The discovery caused panic among candidates, their agents, and supporters at the affected polling stations.
According to Hassan Takwana, the Hoima District Returning Officer, the irregularity was detected immediately after the opening and verification of ballot papers allocated to the town council.
He said the matter was reported to the EC headquarters, which directed that voting for the LCIII Chairperson seat be suspended.The EC later fixed February 17, 2026, as the new polling date for the election.
Speaking to Uganda Radio Network on Monday morning, Takwana said the EC has again pushed the election to February 26th, 2026 without giving more details.
“What I can confirm is that the election has been pushed to February 26th, 2026 and we call upon voters, and candidates in Bulindi town council to be calm,” Takwana stated.
He has appealed to candidates, their supporters, and polling agents to maintain peace before, during, and after polling day saying the EC is doing everything possible to ensure that the elections are conducted on February 26th, 2026.
He says, they the EC has now embarked on massive voter sensitization and mobilisation in the area to ensure that voters turn up in big numbers on the polling day.
Robert Ayebale, a candidate in the race, says he had mobilised his supporters and voters to turn up in big numbers for the election on Tuesday 17th, 2026 but was surprised when he was notified by the electoral commission that voting had again been postponed.
Ayebale expressed concern that voter turn up could be low adding that voters have lost morale.According to data from the Electoral Commission, Bulindi Town Council has 6,108 registered voters across 14 polling stations.
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