By Kabuye Ronald
The first Consignment of Ballot Papers for the 2020/2021 General Elections has arrived in the country on Wednesday evening.
The first batch of elections materials delivered include ballot papers and Declaration of Results Forms for Elections of District Woman Representative to Parliament.
This first delivery has been made by Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This firm won the contract for Lot 2 of the ballot papers for the General Elections.
This delivery comprises 116 pallets which contain ballot papers for districts falling in seven (7) electoral regions, namely Kampala, South West, Central South, Elgon, Karamoja, Norther and West Nile.
photo of the arrival of the first batch of election material at the entebbe international airport
Addressing journaliats at entebbe international airport, the chairperson of the electoral commission, Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama said the Materials for the five (5) remaining regions is expected within the next few days, which is still within time.
He said the cost for the delivered election materials is Uganda Shs. 2,536,352,880 (two billion five hundred thirty-six million three hundred fifty-two thousand eight hundred eight), out of the total consignment cost of Uganda Shillings 9,701,600,000 (nine billion seven hundred one million six hundred thousand).
“At this point, I wish to acknowledge the fact that Al Ghurair Printing and Publishing Company has delivered ahead of schedule. We are indeed impressed by the timely production and delivery of the election materials.
The 116 pallets weigh a total of forty (40) tons and have been delivered by Emirates Airlines Flight Number EK 9757 at 6pm. Our technical team has already commenced with processes to clear the cargo and deliver it to our Stores for safe storage ahead of the packing into the polling kit.
The delivery has been observed by agents of political parties and organisations as well as the media.” said Byabakama
