The Electoral Commission (EC) is set to recruit 142,500 polling officials to support the long-delayed Local Council (LC1, LC2) and Women Council Elections after the Finance Ministry cleared UGX 56.9b for the exercise.
The move will mark the beginning of full-scale preparations for the grassroots polls, whose postponement had raised concern over governance gaps in villages and parishes across the country.
The Ministry of Finance cleared UGX 56.9 billion to run the grassroots elections.. The LC1 elections will take place on Tuesday, July 28, 2026 and the exercise takes place concurrently across all 71,214 villages in Uganda.
Among the EC officials to be recruited include -oOne official per village for the voter register display and two officials per village on voting day itself.
EC Roadmap
According to the EC roadmap voter registration for the LC I elections will take place from July 6th to 10, 2026 – covering all 71,214 villages across Uganda. Residents will be registered in both the general village council register and the Women’s Council register.
The EC said the registration exercise will be conducted at village level, free of charge, and will be open to all eligible citizens aged 18 years and above who are ordinarily residents of their respective villages.
The display of voter registers will follow on 13 and 14 July 2026, allowing residents to verify their details and raise objections over inaccuracies, including the inclusion of non-residents, underage persons and non-citizens.
For Women Councils, nominations will be conducted from 15 to 19 July, followed by campaigns from 20 to 22 July, with polling scheduled for 23 July 2026 using the traditional lining-up voting method.
For LC I Chairperson elections, campaigns will run from 20 to 27 July, with candidates required to campaign only within their villages of residence.
Polling for LC I Chairpersons will be held on Tuesday, 28 July 2026, with each village serving as a polling station.
“Polling for the election of Village (LC I) Chairperson will take place on Tuesday, 28th July 2026, in the 71,214 villages where the position is contested throughout Uganda,” Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC boss stated .
