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Local Governments (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 1 of 2008).

Country/Territory
Uganda
Document type
Legislation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Acts Supplement No. 5 to Uganda Gazette No. 35 Volume CI dated 7th July, 2008.
Long title
An Act to amend the Local Governments Act to remove the compulsory membership of every village resident to a village council and to provide for every Ugandan citizen of eighteen years and above residing in a village to be a member of a village council if willing; to make every person resident in the village bound by the decisions of the village council; to provide for the Electoral Commission to maintain a register of persons willing to be members of a village council; to provide for written nominations for elections at the village, parish or ward, or county council and for sponsorship of persons by political parties or political organisations to be nominated for elections to the village, parish or ward, or county council; to provide for the Electoral Commission to appoint nomination dates, campaign periods and election dates to the village, parish or ward, or county councils; and to provide for the Electoral Commission to resolve complaints during the electoral process of local councils.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Agricultural development Institution Governance
Geographical area
Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries
Abstract

This Act amends the Local Government Act in sections 46 and 161 and inserts a new section 161A, which requires the Electoral Commission appoint, by notice in the Gazette and the local media, a day for elections at the village, parish or ward and county level.

Full text
English
Website
www.ulii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Local Governments Act 1997 (Cap. 243).

Legislation | Uganda | 1997 (2000)

Keyword: Agricultural development, Institution, Policy/planning, Governance, Constitutional amendment, Gender, Water supply, Sewerage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX