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(1)Except for the village or cell council and parish or ward council, the election of the chairperson shall be by universal adult suffrage through a secret ballot using one ballot box for all candidates at each polling station.
(2)The election of village or cell council and parish or ward council chairperson shall be by the electorate lining behind the candidate nominated for the office, their representatives, portraits or symbols.
(3)A person shall not qualify for election as chairperson of a district or city unless that person—
(a)is a citizen of Uganda;
(b)is ordinarily resident in that district or city;
(c)is a registered voter;
(d)has completed a minimum education of advanced level standard or its equivalent;
(e)has submitted to the returning officer of a district or city, on or before the nomination day, a document, in this Act referred to as a nomination paper, in Form EC 1 specified in Schedule 8 to this Act, which document shall be signed by two persons, nominating him or her as a candidate;
(f)attaches to his or her nomination paper, a list of the names of fifty registered voters from each of at least two-thirds of the electoral areas, and each voter shall have appended to that list, his or her signature, physical address and voters registration number as specified in Form EC 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (3), any of the following persons wishing to stand for election as a district chairperson shall establish his or her qualification with the Electoral Commission as a person holding a minimum qualification of advanced level or its equivalent at least two months before nomination day in the case of a general election, and two weeks in the case of a by-election—
(a)persons whether their qualifications are obtained from Uganda or outside Uganda, who are claiming to have their qualification accepted as equivalent to advanced level education;
(b)persons claiming to have advanced level qualifications obtained from outside Uganda.
(5)A person required to establish his or her qualification under subsection (4) shall do so by the production of a certificate issued to him or her by the National Council for Higher Education in consultation with the Uganda National Examinations Board.
(6)A person who claims to possess a qualification referred to in subsection (4)(b) shall, before the issue of the certificate, prove to the satisfaction of the National Council for Higher Education that admission to that qualification was obtained on the basis of advanced level standard of education or its equivalent.
(7)For the avoidance of doubt, if a candidate has an advanced level certificate obtained in Uganda or qualifications higher than the prescribed qualification obtained in Uganda or obtained from the former University of ast Africa or any of its constituent colleges, then there shall be no need for he verification of his or her qualifications by the National Council for Higher Education.
(8)The Electoral Commission shall not accept for the purposes of this section, a statutory declaration or affidavit as evidence of an academic qualification required by this section.
(9)A person shall not qualify for election as chairperson of a municipality, town, division or subcounty unless that person—
(a)is a citizen of Uganda;
(b)is ordinarily resident in the municipality, town, division, or subcounty;
(c)is a registered voter;
(d)has submitted to the returning officer of a district or a public officer designated by the returning officer for that purpose on or before the nomination day, a document, in this Act referred to as a nomination paper, in Form EC 1 specified in Schedule 8 to this Act, which document shall be signed by two persons nominating him or her as a candidate; and
(e)attaches to his or her nomination paper, a list of the names of twenty registered voters from each electoral area, and each of the twenty registered voters shall have appended to that list, his or her name, signature, physical address and voters registration number as specified in Form EC 1 of Schedule 8 to this Act.
(10)A person shall not subscribe to more than one nomination paper, and no person shall give his or her support under subsection (3) or (9) to more than one candidate for the same office.
(11)Any person who contravenes subsection (10) commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding three currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both.
(12)The nomination paper shall be accompanied by—
(a)a declaration in Form EC 2 specified in Schedule 8 to this Act;
(b)a declaration of income, assets and liabilities in Form EC 3 specified in Schedule 8 to this Act;
(c)a non-refundable fee specified in section 124 for which a receipt shall be issued;
(d)three postcard size copies of a recent photograph of the proposed candidate.
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