Police in
Kasese are holding two people for allegedly sabotaging the ongoing display
exercise of voter’s register.
The Officer
in Charge of Electoral Offenses Aidah Akelo said last evening that the duo was
arrested after the officials from the electoral commission reported that they
mismanaged the voter’s register at Old Car Park in Mpondwe-Lubiriha Town
Council.
The display
of voter’s register is in preparation for the August 8th
by-elections for the Kasese district woman parliamentary seat that fell vacant
after court of appeal ordered fresh elections because of non compliance in the
2011 polls.
She
identified the two suspects as Habert Mumbere a display officer and Musa Zawadi
who allegedly stuffed the voter’s register.
Akelo said
that Mumbere is alleged to have neglected the voter’s register hence nearby
people seeing Zawadi stuff it in his pocket.
She said
Zawadi was held by police immediately after those who saw him stuff the
register in his pocket made an alarm.
Mumbere and
Zawadi have all been charged with negligence and theft respectively and they
will be produced in court as soon as investigations are completed.
The Kasese
District Returning Officer Kanzira Vally Tumwesigye said that the register was
secured and re-organized for the display exercise.
Tumwesigye
says another display official among those on standby has been assigned the work
to display the register beginning today.
He warned display officials and supervisors
against taking the exercise for granted adding that the electoral commission
can not hastate to sue whoever sabotages its programs. END
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