By Mulengera Reporters
“A stitch in time saves nine,” goes the old saying, and the Electoral Commission (EC) seems to be taking this wisdom to heart as it pushes forward with efforts to ensure a free and fair electoral process.
In a fresh update, the EC has confirmed that the national voters’ register is now being displayed at all polling stations across the country, including the remaining 620 polling stations that had not started earlier when the nationwide exercise commenced on April 25, 2025. This brings the total number of participating polling stations to 38,315.
The display exercise at the initially left-out stations officially runs from May 6 and will continue until May 27, 2025, thereby meeting the legally mandated 21-day period, as required under Uganda’s electoral laws.
At its headquarters in Kampala Industrial Area, Julius Mucunguzi, the spokesperson of the Commission, explained that the delay had been addressed and the process is now fully underway at all polling stations nationwide.
“These 620 polling stations will also get the opportunity to display the national voters’ register for 21 days as required by law,” Mucunguzi said, assuring the public that no station will be left behind in this critical democratic process.
The exercise offers registered voters a chance to verify their personal details, names, photographs, and polling information, and raise any objections or corrections. It also allows the public to report ineligible individuals such as underage persons, non-residents, or deceased individuals, thereby helping clean up the electoral roll.
Mucunguzi stressed that the Commission’s officials are stationed at every polling point, ready to help from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day, including weekends and public holidays.
“We want to mention that the staff of the Electoral Commission at each of the 38,315 polling stations spread across the country will be available every day from 8 am to 6 pm,” he said.
The Commission is urging all Ugandans to take this exercise seriously. According to Mucunguzi, this is not just a routine process but a golden opportunity to clean the register and ensure that no eligible voter is left out, and no ghost voter sneaks in.
“We call upon the public to take this matter of the display of the national voters’ register very seriously because it is through this display and scrutiny that we shall be able to make sure that the register is clean,” he added.
The EC Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama, previously emphasized that even for the stations that had a delayed start, the Commission had made sure they would still complete the full 21-day exercise without exception.
By doing so, citizens are playing an active role in protecting the integrity of democracy in their motherland.
“Together, we can have a clean register that is credible and that gives the country the pride that it rightly deserves,” Mucunguzi said.
As the country edges closer to the 2025 general elections, this voter register display is not just a formality, but a mirror through which the nation sees its democratic health.
And as another proverb reminds us, “He who checks his house for leaks before the rain falls, sleeps peacefully when the storm comes.” (For comments on this story, get back to us on 0705579994 [WhatsApp line], 0779411734 & 041 4674611 or email us at mulengeranews@gmail.com).
