Government Extends LC 1 & 2s Term for Another Six Months
The Minister of Local Government Hon Raphael Magyezi has asked Parliament to extend the office of the LC1 and LC2 Executive Committees for another 6 months according to Uganda Gazette dated 2nd July 2024.
The Uganda Gazette of July 2, 2024, reports that the Minister of Local Government, Hon. Raphael Magyezi, has once again sought Parliament to extend the terms of office of the LC1 and LC2 Executive Committees for an additional six months.
It’s now official that under regulation 11A of the Local Government Councils Regulations, the term of office of administrative councils which was expired yesterday July 3rd 2024, has been extended for a period not exceeding 180 days from today July 4th 2024
The extension for the administrative units to remain in office which is the second time, is premised on condition that the government has no funds to organize the Elections for the new office bearers which means that the current LC 1 and 2 Executives will remain in office for the next 6 months.
This is the third extension of the term of office of the administrative unit councils within a space of a year.
On July 28, 2023, the government tabled before the Parliament a statutory instrument extending their term of office for six months.
Whereas the election was to be conducted in early January, it again extended the election (for local councils 1 and 2 and women councils) by another six months until early July 2024.
In the January extension, the Government Chief Whip, Mr. Denis Hamson Obua, attributed it to inadequate funding to mobilize for and hold the elections for the new office bearers.
The Local Government minister, Mr. Raphael Magyezi, yesterday explained the reasons for the new extension, he said the government lacks funds for the polls.
“The problem is finance, and we are talking about Shs50 billion to conduct the elections of these LCs, but they have not received the money, so they cannot conduct an election, and once they don’t conduct elections, the government cannot allow a vacuum in leadership at the local level,” he said.
