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More than 1,000 security personnel have been deployed to man security ahead of Serere County MP by-election on Thursday.

20 February, 2023
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More than 1,000 security personnel have been deployed to man security ahead of Serere County MP by-election on Thursday.


The security personnel includes soldiers from the Uganda People’s Defense Force- UPDF, Uganda Police Force- UPF and the Uganda Prison Service-UPS. The others are intelligence personnel scattered across the seven sub-counties and three town councils in the constituency.

Oscar Gregg Ageca, the East Kyoga Regional Police Spokesman, says that the security personnel will be conducting foot patrols and other security operations to ensure that the Thursday polls are peaceful, free, and fair for all the candidates.

The official campaigns for the Serere County by-election end on Tuesday.

There are five candidates struggling to replace Patrick Okabe, who died in a road accident in December last year. The candidates are Emmanuel Omoding, Okabe’s son who is running on an independent ticket, Emmanuel Eratu of FDC, Phillip Oucor of NRM, Alice Alaso of ANT, and martin Onguruco, an independent.

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