Electoral guidelines released for the upcoming zonal, district and national UPSSA elections.
All the information and guidelines on the upcoming Uganda Primary School Sports Association (UPSSA) elections have been released during a press conference held on 28th February 2024 at the GNS Plaza in Old Kampala.
The press conference chaired by Mr. Okanya Patrick Alfred the returning officer assured all interested parties that the elections will be free and fair.
Ssenyonga Brian will represent all sports officers under National Sports Officer Association (NASOA)
District Elections will be the start to the whole exercise on 9th March 2023 at all district headquarters.
The executive positions to contest for at this level are Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary & Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Organizing Secretary, Secretary for Women, Committee Members (3 Members) and an Ex-Official Association of District Primary School Head teacher.
There will be five delegates to the zone who will be nominated by the District Executive and at least one of them must be a female.
Zonal Elections will take place on the 16th of March at the Zonal Headquarters and below are the guidelines
-Each district will be represented by 5 voting Delegates.
-All delegates must be Professional Teachers
-Each delegate is to carry National Identification and Introduction Letter
-All the delegates must be representatives of schools in Districts within the respective zones.
The executive positions at the zonal level are Chairperson, Vice chairperson, Secretary, Assistant secretary, Treasurer, Organizing Secretary, Secretary for Women and One Coordinator (s) for each of the various Sports disciplines.
National elections will be the climax of the whole exercise and these will take place on 23rd March at Old Kampala. The positions at this level are President,1st Vice President,2nd Vice President,3rd Vice President, Secretary for Women, Regional Representative and an Ex Official Association of Primary School
Headteachers of (UPSHA) representative (to be named by UPSHA National Executive)
The regions and zones to be represented during the national elections include the following Buganda (Mukono,Luwero, Wakiso, Mpigi & Masaka), Eastern (Teso, Sebei, Bugisu, Bukedi & Busoga) ,Northern (Acholi, Lango And Karamoja), Kampala (the divisions of Kawempe, Rubaga, Nakawa,Central & Makindye),Western (At least one female Kigezi, Ankole, Rwenzori And Bunyoro ).
There will be three delegates for each region(zone) except for Kampala that will send two.
National Nominations
Zonal Nominations
1 Nomination of Candidates February 29 – March 6, 2024
2 Submission of Nomination Forms March 3– 7, 2024
3 Payment of Nomination fee March 1 – 7, 2024
4 Display of Candidates Lists March 7 – 8, 2024
5 Elections Saturday March 9, 2024
District Nominations
– Nomination of Candidates March 9 -13, 2024
– Submission of Nomination Forms March 9 -13, 2024
– Payment of Nomination fee March 9 -13, 2024
– Display of Candidates Lists March 15, 2024
– Elections of Candidates March 16, 2024
National Nominations
-Nomination of Candidates March 16 – 19, 2024
– Submission of Nomination Forms March 17 – 19, 2024
– Payment of Nomination fee March 17 – 19, 2024
– Display of Candidates Lists March 22, 2024
– Elections March 23, 2024
NOMINATION FEES
Nomination Fees must be paid in the Bank Account/Mobile Money as follows:
Payments can only be made on: USSSA ACCOUNT (UPSSA Currently HAS NO BANK ACCOUNT)
Steps to follow
a.Your Surname and District as Depositor Eg. Okanya Palisa (Okanya is Surname and Palisa is the District)
b. Account Title: – Uganda Secondary Schools Sports Association (USSSA)
b. Name of the Bank: – Centenary Rural Development Bank (Entebbe Road Branch)
c. Account Number: 3010609431
d.References: Name of Candidate & Position
MOBILE MONEY
a. USSSA Official Number: 0393-256054
b. NAME: ASSIMWE RONAH 0774165108
District Elections
1 Chairperson UGX 50,000
2 Vice Chairperson UGX 40,000
3 Secretary UGX 20,000
4 Treasurer UGX 39,000
5 Organizing Secretary UGX 15,000
6 Secretary for Women UGX 14,000
7 Committee Members UGX 10,000
Zonal Elections
1 Chairperson UGX 100,000
2 Vice Chairperson UGX 80,000
3 Treasurer UGX 80,000
4 Secretary UGX 50,000
5 Assistant Secretary UGX 30,000
7 Organizing Secretary UGX 25,000
8 Secretary for Women UGX 25,000
9 Coordinators UGX 20,000
National Elections
1 President UGX 500,000
2 Vice Presidents UGX 300,000
3 Secretary for Women UGX 295,000
4 Regional Representatives UGX 200,000
ALL INQUIRIES should be directed to: –
1.SSENYONGA BRIAN, Assistant Returning Officer (0789380066 / 0701787688)
2.NAMULALO BETTY Assistant Returning Officer, PES/MoES (0782719197 / 0704782786)
3.AGUTI ANGELLA (Personal Assistant Returning Officer (0787682482 / 0701606257)
4.OKANYA ALFRED PATRICK,Returning Officer (0772589370, Email: patokanya@gmail.com)
QUALIFICATIONS
Zonal Level
1. For all positions, the candidate must be:
a) A representative of a school in the district.
b) a professional Primary school teacher currently teaching in a school in the district
2. Chairperson: must be either a substantive Headteacher of a registered Primary School or a Director of a private Primary School recognized by Ministry of Education and Sports. Such a Director must-have professional qualifications that meet the minimum academic requirement to be a Headteacher of a government Primary School.
3. Treasurer: must be either a substantive Headteacher of a registered Primary school or a Director of a private Primary school recognized by Ministry of Education and Sports. Such a Director must have professional qualifications as a Primary School Headteacher.
4. Secretary & Assistant Secretary: Must be a registered and practicing Classroom Teacher.
5. Secretary for Women: must be a female
6. Other positions are open
NOMINATION
a) The nomination forms may be picked from the Returning Officer, or downloaded from the internet
b) The candidate, nominator and seconder must be coming from different schools
c) One need not be a delegate to qualify to contest for a position
d) Upon closure of nomination, if a position has not attracted any candidate, such a position will be filled by nomination on the Election Day. The candidates to be nominated must meet the qualification and the financial requirement for that position.
MODE OF VOTING
a) Voting will be by secret ballot; The Electoral Committee will decide on the validity of the ballots.
b) Voting by proxy or by letter will not be allowed (only people physically present are eligible to vote
c) Results will be by simple majority – candidate with the highest number of the valid votes, will be declared elected.
d) In the event of a tie for No. 1, another round of voting will be done for the tying candidates
i. In a second round, the candidate with the higher number of votes will be elected.
ii. In the second round, if the 2 candidates would receive the same number of votes, there will be
a third round.
iii. In a third round, the candidate with the higher number of votes will be elected.
iv. In the third round, if the 2 candidates receive the same number of votes the decision will be made by lot taken by the 2 candidates and the result declared by the Electoral Committee publicly.
v. a ballot will be considered invalid if it is marked in any other way other than as instructed.
e) Each delegate must tick only one candidate on the ballot except the case where they are clearly instructed to tick more than one name.
f) Fully nominated candidates may be voted for even in absencia
Zonal Level
1. For all positions, the candidate must be:
a. A representative of a school in the district.
b. A professional Primary school teacher
2. Chairperson: must be either a substantive Headteacher of a registered Primary School or a Director of a private Primary School recognized by Ministry of Education and Sports. Such a Director must have professional qualifications as a Headteacher Primary School.
3. Treasurer: must be either a substantive Headteacher of a registered Primary school or a Director of a private Primary school recognized by Ministry of Education and Sports. Such a Director must have professional qualifications as a Headteacher Primary School.
4. Secretary and Assistant Secretary: Must be a registered and practicing Classroom Teacher.
5. Secretary for Women: must be a female
NOMINATION
i. The nomination forms may be picked from the Returning Officer, or downloaded from the internet.
ii. The candidate, nominator and seconder must be coming from different Districts
iii. The nomination form must be signed by the Chairperson and Secretary of the nominating and seconding districts
iv. Only persons coming from paid up districts are eligible for nomination and voting
v. Upon closure of nomination, if a position has not attracted any candidate, such a position will be filled by nomination on the Election Day
vi. Nomination and secondment for zonal candidate must only be done by districts within the Zone.
National Level
a) President
i. Must be a substantive Head teacher of a recognized Government Primary School or a Director of a
Private Primary School recognized by the Ministry of Education and Sports who holds professional
qualifications of a Teacher.
ii. Must have been on UPSSA National Executive Committee for at Least one Term
b) 1
st Vice President
i. Must be a substantive Head teacher of a recognized Government Primary School or a Director of a
private Primary School recognized by the Ministry of Education and Sports who holds professional
qualifications of a teacher.
ii. Must have been on UPSSA National Executive committee for at least one term
c) 2
nd Vice President
i. Must be a substantive Head teacher of a recognized Government Primary School or a Director of a
private Primary School recognized by the Ministry of Education and Sports who holds professional
qualifications of a teacher.
ii. Must have served as a Zonal, District, City, Municipality, Estate Chairperson for at least one term
d) 3
rd Vice President
i. Must be a substantive Head teacher of a recognized Government Primary School or a Director of a
private Primary School recognized by the Ministry of Education and Sports who holds professional
qualifications of a teacher.
ii. Must have served as a Zonal, District, City, Municipality, Estate Chairperson for at least one term
iii. Provided that none of the top three is a female then the 3
rd Vice President must be a female for
affirmative action
POSITION ALLOCATION
One of the top 4 Position President, 1, 2 and 3rd Vice President must be occupied by a Female. The Position will be open for nomination on the floor if none of the top 3 is a Female and no Female has applied for it.
e) Secretary for Women Affairs must be a female and must have been on UPSSA National Executive Committee for at least one elective term.
NOMINATION
i.The nomination forms may be picked from the Returning Officer, or down loaded from the internet
ii. The candidate, nominator and seconder must be coming from different districts (chairpersons and secretaries)
iii. The nomination form must be signed by the Chairperson and Secretary of the nominating and seconding districts
iv. Upon closure of nomination, if a position has not attracted any candidate, such a position will be filled by nomination on the Election Day
vi. Nomination and secondment of National Executive must only be done by Districts.