KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s Women Councils and Committees elections have entered the Sub-County, Town and Municipal Division stage, with the Electoral Commission compiling women’s council registers across the country on Tuesday, 11 August 2026.
The exercise marks the next phase of a nationwide electoral programme progressing from village level through parish and ward structures to sub-county, district and ultimately the National Women Committee.
According to the Electoral Commission timetable, the registers being compiled on Tuesday will be displayed on 12 and 13 August, allowing members of the respective electoral colleges to verify the information before nominations and polling.
Who participates at this stage?
The Sub-County, Town or Division Women’s Council operates as an electoral college rather than through a direct vote involving every woman resident in the area.
It consists of members of the Parish or Ward Women’s Committees within the respective Sub-County, Town or Division, together with a representative of women with disabilities elected from among women with disabilities through their structures.
These members constitute the electoral college responsible for choosing the Women Committee leadership at this level.
The structure means that the elections progressively build upwards, with representatives elected at one administrative level forming part of the body that participates at the next.
Nominations set for Friday
Candidates seeking positions on Sub-County, Town and Municipal Division Women Committees are scheduled to be nominated on Friday, 14 August at the respective administrative headquarters.
Campaigning will then take place from 15 to 17 August before polling is conducted on Tuesday, 18 August.
The Electoral Commission has called on candidates, electoral officials and other stakeholders to conduct the activities in accordance with the guidelines governing the Women Councils and Committees elections.
Parish and Ward elections completed
The latest phase follows the Parish and Ward Women Committee elections, where polling was conducted on 7 August.
Those elections followed the Village Women Committee polls held on 23 July, when women across Uganda elected grassroots committee leadership.
The progression from village to parish and now sub-county level is designed to build the Women Councils structure from the grassroots upwards.
District and City elections come next
Immediately after the Sub-County, Town and Municipal Division elections, the process will advance to District and City level.
The Electoral Commission has scheduled compilation of District and City Women’s Registers for 19 August, followed by display of the registers on 20 and 21 August.
Candidates for District and City Women Committees will be nominated on 24 August.
Campaigns will then run from 25 to 27 August, with polling scheduled for 28 August.
Process culminates at national level
The final stage will be the formation of the National Women Committee.
Compilation of the National Women Council Register is scheduled for 30 and 31 August, followed by display of the National Women’s Register on 1 and 2 September.
The National Conference for the election of the National Women Committee is scheduled for 3 and 4 September 2026.
The conference will complete an electoral process that began with the compilation of Village Women’s Registers in early July and has progressively moved through Uganda’s different administrative levels.
Grassroots representation
Women Councils are intended to provide a formal structure through which women participate in leadership, mobilisation and representation from village level to the national level.
Because each stage feeds into the next electoral college, the leadership chosen at the lower levels has an important role in determining who ultimately advances into higher Women Council structures.
For participants at Sub-County, Town and Municipal Division level, attention now turns first to verification of the registers on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by nominations on Friday and three days of campaigning before polling on 18 August.
The Electoral Commission has urged stakeholders to follow the announced programme and electoral guidelines as the nationwide process enters its final weeks.
