The Electoral Commission has announced immediate recruitment of 250,000 staff who will manage the smooth flow of 2026 general election.
According to EC officials those who gran the opportunity will be deployed as presiding officers and polling assistants for the during the polling period and others work as biometric voter verification kit operators and tally clerks as per previously advertised positions whose deadline is 19th December
“To qualify, presiding officers must hold a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education or its equivalent. Polling assistants are required to possess a Uganda Certificate of Education or its equivalent. Both positions require applicants to be above age 18, registered voters, of high moral character and preferably residents of the polling area,”EC Spokesman Julius Mucunguzi stated
According to Mucunguzi Presiding Officers will be paid an allowance of sh100,000 per polling day, while polling assistants will earn sh75,000 per day.The election schedule includes four major polling days — Jan. 15 for president and parliament, and three subsequent days for various local government races — meaning presiding officers will earn at least 300,000 shillings during the main rounds.
Hadija Namanda, a Data Management Focal Person told this website that EC is rolling out a biometric voter verification system, assuring the public that the new machines will eliminate ballot stuffing and forgeries.
“ All ballots in the box will be scanned again before counting begins,”she stated
“Only ballots verified by the machine with bar codes will be counted,” Namanda added.
Jennifer Kyobutungi, the Kampala election officer, said two machines will be assigned per polling station, one serving as a backup. She added that voters with eroded fingerprints will be verified using facial recognition technology.
EC recently received the initial consignment of 60,000 biometric verification machines.
EC has indicated the shortlist for the candidates will be displayed at the respective district election offices and that any form of lobbying will result in automatic disqualification.