Despite early arrival of elections materials in most parts of Kasese district. voter turn-up was low in the morning.
At nearly all the stations sampled by New Vision between 7 and 9.30 a.m, there were more polling officials, party agents and containers than the voters themselves.
“Even the few that were eager to go and vote were disrupted by a drizzle of rain,” James Katarikawe, a resident in Bugoye sub-county, said on phone.
There has been low turn up of voters in the local council elections in most of the areas of Kasese Municipality even though the polling officials were ready by 7:00am.
At Bus Park polling station in central division by 10:00am nobody had turned up for the exercise and the polling assistants were alone at the polling station.
“By 7:00am we were already at the polling station and everything was ready but it’s now 10:00am we have not registered any voter hope they will come in the afternoon,” said Musiime Gorret the presiding officer.
In Kizungu market polling station Nyamwamba division, polling assistants were at the polling station by 7:00 am but the first voter casted his voter at 9:00am two hours after the exercise had started.
By 10:00am only eight voters had casted their votes out of 765 registered voters at the polling station according to Emily Nyakato the presiding officer.
“During the presidential and parliamentary elections last week by 10:00am over 200 voters had voted but now the trend is changing voters are not tuning up and yet we carried out mobilization and informed them that today they would elect for their district leaders,” said Emily.
At Railway primary school the situation was not different as ever busy polling station was empty when the New Vision reporter visited the place.
The polling assistants there had by 9:00am registered only 11 voters who had casted their ballots and the rest were yet to cast theirs.
At Rwenzori Square polling station by midday only 15 out 650 voters at the polling station had casted their ballots and the polling officials were idol at the polling station.
