The Electoral Commission (EC) said physical political campaigns will be not be allowed in Kampala, Wakiso and 10 other districts.
In a statement released Saturday, the Electoral Commission said physical political campaigns will be not be allowed in Kampala, Wakiso and 10 other districts.
According to Paul Bukenya the EC spokesperson, with effect from December 26, 2020, no campaigns will be allowed in the above districts until further notice.
Among others, Bukenya pinpointed districts including Mbarara, Kabarole, Luwero, Kasese, Masaka, Wakiso, Kabarole, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo, Kampala and Tororo.
He explained that this has been done in response to the rising coronavirus infections in the above-said districts.
He said they have noticed many individuals have displayed laxity towards the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19.
“The EC has suspended campaign meetings in districts/cities categorised by Ministry of Health as having high spread of Covid-19. From 26/12/20, no campaign meetings will be held in Mbarara, Kabarole, Luwero, Kasese, Masaka, Wakiso, Kabarole, Jinja, Kalungu, Kazo, Kampala and Tororo,” Bukenya noted.
Meanwhile, this comes at a time when Uganda in recent weeks has registered more cases in districts near the city than it has in the far districts.
The Ministry of Health last month said that the country has reached the fourth stage of the pandemic with various community cases whose source cannot be easily traced.
The health ministry Friday also announced 203 new cases from COVID-19 tests done on 24th December.
This pushed the case tally to 33,563. Of these, 11,055 have since recovered from the virus while 245 have succumbed to it.
Earlier in a recent meeting with presidential candidates, the EC chairperson Simon Byabakama directed the candidates to only commence holding their campaign rallies in proper observation of the SOPS.
Byabakama noted in a December 15 meeting that despite having designated venues for their campaigns in the particular districts they have gone to, many of the candidates have succeeded in making stopovers on the roads and trading centres to address their supporters.
“This is not good because it attracts people to converge yet you are and the police are aware that there is a designated venue where a candidate is supposed to hold his campaigns with not more than 200 people,” Byabakama said then.
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