The ministry of finance has announce release of funds to facilitate
election of local council leaders, two months after the country missed the July
10th statutory deadline for the activity.
Paul Bukenya, the electoral commission
spokesperson says the elections body is readying itself for the exercise and
will soon update the country on when the long awaited ballot will take place.
Long overdue elections for women councils
will now be held alongside polling for local council ones and twos across the
country in the foreseeable future.
The political administrative vacuum came
about when government said it did not have money to pay for the elections, an
admission which caused a lot of confusion and panic in light of the important
functions those councils play.