Uganda to hold referendum on multiparty system on July 28
KAMPALA, Jun 3, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Ugandans will go to the polls on July 28 to choose a political system under which the country will be governed after the 2006 general elections, Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) has announced.
EC Chairman Badru Kiggundu was quoted by local media on Friday as saying that he had signed the gazette confirming the polling day.
Uganda Parliament voted overwhelmingly in May in favor of a motion to allow the east African country to hold a referendum in July on multiparty system.
Kiggundu said there were only two sides in the referendum, the ruling Movement and multiparty, because all groups that applied to canvass for votes fall under those sides.
He said referendum campaigns end on July 26 and the referendum question would be ready before the end of next week.
Kiggundu also said the recent update of the voters' register had captured 8.86 million people, 600,000 more than the voters who registered in the last elections in 2001.
The referendum needs about 17.5 million US dollars, according to an earlier announcement.
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Received by NewsEdge Insight: 06/03/2005
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