Race for IUEA Guild Office On. EC Chairperson Dany Kakura calls upon potential candidates to pick nominations forms.
Drake Nyamugabwa
After releasing the Roadmap for the International University of East Africa (IUEA) Guild Elections 2022, the Chairperson of Electoral Commission IUEA, Hon. Dany Kakura called upon candidates vying for the guild office to pick nominations to prepare for the elections slated for 20th May 2022
The Chairperson made the notice to all the students last week on 21st April adding that Voting and announcement of results will take place on the same day Friday, 20th May 2022.
“The electoral commission hereby informs all Students of IUEA that the electoral process to hold the guild elections of 2022 has commenced and therefore calls upon potential candidates to pick nomination forms starting Monday 25/04/2022 from the office of the electoral commission,” EC stated in the notice.
He informed students vying for the top office to front only one candidate per post. “Only one person would be voted for each post, no deputies or assistants” he added
The positions that are open for candidates include the following:
Guild President, Vice president, Faculty of Engineering Representative, Faculty of Science and Technology representative, Faculty of Business and Management Representative, Faculty of Law Representative, Hostel Representatives (boys’ and girls’ hostel), Postgraduate representative and Freshers representative.
The Chairperson mentioned that in order to oversee and deal away with any technical glitches that may challenge the possibility of a free and fair election, some of the Activities on the roadmap will include System Testing as the students will cast their votes Online as it was done in last year’s elections.
Mwesigwa Raymon Joseph IUEA student perusing 3rd year in Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering has expressed interest as the first candidate running for the presidency. He is the former Mr. IUEA 2018.
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