Electoral chairperson Dr.Tanga Odoi says the commission is rerunning 0.5% of the primaries which were largely marred by electoral violence, delays and ballot theft.
Some of the areas where the primaries are to be rerun include Rubaga, Bushenyi where 34 villages were left out, Kiryandoogo where six villages were also left out in addition to Rakai where 1 sub county was left out in addition to Kaliro where on village Namugongo was left out.
Odoi says the main point of contention has been the issue of ballot stuffing that was mainly carried out by the aspirants themselves in connivance with some of the security officials who had been put in place to oversee the security of the polling exercise.
“People complained of missing ballot papers and yet they had been stolen and transferred to other areas which led to the rise of ballot stuffing. Many of the candidates themselves were found stuffing the ballot boxes with pre ticked ballots”.
He further adds that the indiscipline that was exhibited by some of the party officials has also affected the democratic processes with the party itself.
