Voting in the local government elections in Luweero District was delayed by up to two hours at several polling stations on Thursday morning due to low voter turnout, which forced Electoral Commission officials to wait for the minimum required number of voters before opening polling centers.

A Radio Sapientia reporter who toured multiple polling stations observed widespread voter absence, with some centers opening well past the official start time because of limited early-morning participation.

At 8:37 a.m., only eight voters were present at the SDA Church polling station in Kakookolo Village, Luweero Town Council, prompting officials to wait for two more voters to meet the stipulated minimum of ten required to begin voting. Polling eventually commenced at 8:44 a.m. after two additional voters arrived.

At Luweero Secondary School, which hosts more than three polling stations, voting had started by 8:51 a.m., although turnout remained low, with only one or two voters visible in queues.

A similar situation was observed at polling stations within Luweero Taxi Park, where voter numbers mirrored the sparse turnout at the secondary school.

At theNorah Memorial NAK-NAL polling station, visited at9:18 a.m., Electoral Commission officials were actively working, but only a handful of voters had turned up.

Low turnout was also recorded at Luweero Islamic Primary School, where Radio Sapientia arrived at 9:26 a.m.

Of the seven polling stations at the school, only four had begun voting by that time. At the NAK-NAKYE polling station, just eight voters were present.

Speaking to Radio Sapientia, Arafat Kasozi, a supervisor at Luweero Islamic Primary School, said the delays were due to the requirement that at least ten voters be present before voting could officially begin.

He noted that polling at the station only commenced after the threshold was reached at about 9:32 a.m.

By 9:40 a.m., Radio Sapientia reached Luweero Hospital polling station, where voting had begun, though turnout remained modest.

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