Drama has ensued in Kayunga where residents are voting in a by-election to choose an LC 5 chairperson.
By 6am on Thursday morning, agents from the opposition National Unity Platform, NUP claimed to have found pre ticked ballot papers in favor of the NRM candidate at one of the polling stations.
Later, voting was halted at three polling stations following protests from residents over allegations of ballot stuffing.
The affected polling stations are Kyato-Mwoloola and Nakyesanja at Kayonza sub county and also Seeta-Nyiize in Kangulumira sub county.
At Nakyesanja and Kyato for example, each presiding officer appeared at the polling station alone with boxes stuffed with over 100 ballot papers ticked in favor of Andrew Muwonge, the National Resistance Movement candidate.
Meanwhile at Kangulumira specifically Nakyesanja polling station, the box was stuffed with over 462 ballot papers before even the bio-metric machine was brought to the station.
This prompted residents protest progress of the exercise. The police and army cordoned off the stations to prevent chaos, but the exercise remained on a standstill for over an hour.
Security also took Presiding officers under police protection at their respective centers.
Dr Odoi Tanga who is monitoring Kangurumira on behalf of NRM told journalists that he was not aware how votes were ticked, and appealed to the electoral commission dispatch a team to sort out the matter so that the voting exercise continues.
The Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama who is also in Kayunga heading the supervision of the exercise said they dispatched officials to reach areas where the incidents have happened so as to find a solution
