Please note that the changes have been alphabetically effected on the Register.
It should also be noted that these are not new Polling Stations. A copy of this letter hereby informs the Returning Officers and the respective Presiding officers.”
In his affidavit in reply to 2nd Respondent affidavit, the Petitioner alleged that there were 29 new Polling Stations in Makindye Division East with different station codes. He also cited new Polling Stations in Soroti Municipality and Nakawa Division in Kampala.
The 2nd Respondent pleaded in answer to the Petition that no new Polling Stations were, created but rather some existing Polling Stations were split for purposes of easing the voting process due to the big voters in those stations and that it was within the 2nd Respondent’s powers to split the said Polling Stations. In his affidavit accompanying the answer, the Chairman of the 2nd Respondent Mr. Aziz Kasujja reaffirmed what had been pleaded in answer and added that all the candidates were duly informed and were able to appoint agents for those polling stations. In his supplementary affidavit in reply Mr. Kasujja denied that the splitting of Polling Stations was done to rig elections in favour of any candidate but to provide voter convenience, and that it was not necessary to display the Voters Rolls for the split Polling Stations as the Voters Rolls for the parent stations which included list of voters for the split stations had already been displayed.
Section 28 of the Act requires the Commission to publish a list of Polling Stations and supply the lists to all returning officers. The relevant provision reads:
“(1) The Commission shall by notice in the Gazette publish –
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