On 4/01/2026, the DPC Mityana SP Rutambika Tyson received information from a covert source about a man in possession of voter location slips and forms for issuance of the slips in areas of Kibati in Buswabulongo in Mityana Municipality in Mityana district.
The same information was shared with the Electoral Commission District returning officer of Mityana, who joined the team dispatched by the DPC to go and arrest and also recover these materials from the person who was possessing them.
The team led by Detective Assistant Inspector of police Juma Godfrey reached Kibati and arrested Matovu Micheal in possession of 862 voter location slips and 83 issuance forms, and was taken to CPS Mityana for an interview on how he got them.
In the interview, he revealed that he had been irregularly assigned the duty of issuing the voters' location slips to people by his brother, Kazibwe Sunday Godfrey, a genuine employee of the Electoral Commission working as a supervisor of Bulera subcounty in the knowledge of Kasaana Fred, an Electoral Commission staff member working as a supervisor of Misebe parish in Bulera subcounty.
The two electoral commission staff were arrested, and charges of neglect of their duty and failing to protect government stores in their possession have been preferred against the duo, whereas a charge of unlawful possession of government stores, to wit 862 voter location slips and 83 issuance forms, has been preferred against Matovu Micheal a known student of Mityana Institute of Nursing and Midwifery.
We strongly caution the public not to interfere with the official duties of the Electoral Commission at such a crucial time, when every activity is closely monitored by almost every Ugandan with suspicion. The people employed by the electoral commission should perform their duties seriously to avoid such lapses, which raise suspicion in members of the public.
The public should continue reporting such irregularities to the police for quick intervention by authorities.
L Kigozi
SSP
PRO Wamala Region
