The Electoral Commission has released the programme for the by-elections of the District Woman Representative to Parliament for Kisoro District and Councillors on various Local Government Councils in the district where vacancies exist.
The by–election programme will commence with an update of the National Voters’ Register from Friday 27th September to Tuesday 1st October 2024 at update stations in each of the seventy-one (71) parishes/wards in Kisoro District.
The Commission has appointed Tuesday, October 1, 2024 as the cut-off date for applying for registration as a voter and for transfer of voting location in the District.
The registration and transfer of voters from one polling station to another within Kisoro District will not take place after October 1, 2024.
The display of the Voters’ Register will be conducted for a period of ten (10) days, that is, from October 14 to October 23, 2024, at all the three hundred and twenty-two (322) polling stations in Kisoro District.
The Display of Parish Tribunal Recommendations for deletion from/or inclusion on the Register will be conducted for six (6) days, that is, from October 23 to 28, at the respective Parish/Ward Headquarters.
The nomination of candidates will be conducted on 30th and Thursday 31stof October 30 -31, at the Office of the District Returning Officer, Kisoro and the successfully nominated candidates will conduct campaign meetings for twelve (12) days, (November 1-12)
Polling and tallying of results for the by-election of councillors representing Special Interest Groups will take place on November 11 2024, while the polling day for the District Woman Representative to Parliament and other Local Government Councillors will be conducted on November 14, 2024.
The District Woman Representative seat became vacant following the death of the former Representative (MP), the Hon. Nyirabasitsi Sarah Mateke, which occurred on September 7, 2024.