Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 03 2021
Ruling NRM party national chairman Yoweri Kaguta Museveni meets with party youths in Kampala recently. PHOTO/COURTESY.
Summary
According to the National Youth Council Act, a person shall be eligible to be elected a member of a youth committee if he or she has attained the age of 18 years and is less than 30 years.
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party on Monday swept all the five youth slots across the country, exerting its supremacy over the budding youth-driven National Unity Platform (NUP) party.
Youth elections are held through the electoral college system of voting. Under the system, only a few youth or voters, who are delegates, represent the majority voters. Youth comprise 78 per cent of the country’s population.
The party meanwhile a week ago had its own Phionah Nyamutoro win the female national youth MP.
Now from Monday’s poll, NRM’s Agnes Kirabo won the central youth Mp race after garnering 780 votes beating 11 other candidates including her closest rival, Independent Ivan Bwowe.
In the Western youth MP race, NRMs Edson Rugamayo defeated six other contenders after garnering 1,419 votes beating his closest competitor independent Arnold Turwomwe who happens to be the son of minister Betty Kamya.
In Mbale, NRM’s Bernard Odoi beat five others to be declared Eastern Youth MP while NRM’s Henry Okot is the Northern youth MP elect.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 02 2021
Mr Modern Atuhurire, an elections agent for Mr Adios Denmark Beinomugisha, an FDC candidate in the western youth MP being whisked away from the polling centre at Ntare School, Mbarara City yesterday. PHOTO/RAJAB MUKOMBOZI.
Summary
The voting exercise was also conducted in total violation of Covid-19 guidelines, such as failure to maintain social distance.
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There was heavy deployment of police and army at Mbale Senior Secondary School in Mbale City yesterday as youth delegates from 40 districts in eastern region elected their parliamentary representative.
A total of 2,300 delegates from Busoga, Bugisu, Sebei, Bukedi and Teso sub-regions participated in the electoral exercise, which started at 11am.