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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 86033, member: 27"] Ballots inside a military hall locked in the army’s next crop of MPs, turning uniforms and ranks into legislative seats while civilian politics watched from the sidelines. UPDF seats locked into Parliament [LIST] [*]Uganda Peoples Defence Forces picked ten MPs via its council vote. [*]Handled through a Defence Forces Council electoral college. [*]Took place at Land Forces Headquarters in Bombo. [*]Slots feed directly into the 12th Parliament. [/LIST] Who ran the election mechanics [LIST] [*]Independent Electoral Commission supervised the entire exercise. [*]Simon Mugenyi Byabakama chaired the oversight team. [*]Results got read out after the tallying was wrapped. [*]Army leadership stayed inside constitutional lanes. [/LIST] Names that made the cut [LIST] [*]Lt. Gen. Sam Okiding topped the internal vote count. [*]Followed by Sam Kavuma and James Mugira. [*]Women officers secured three of the seats. [*]Air Force, Land Forces, and SFC all represented. [/LIST] Why the army gets MPs [LIST] [*]The Parliament of Uganda reserves seats for special interest groups. [*]Military representation covers defense and security matters. [*]Structure keeps soldiers under civilian oversight. [*]The same framework covers youth, workers, and persons with disabilities. [/LIST] Leadership and side events [LIST] [*]President Yoweri Museveni chaired the council as commander-in-chief. [*]Chris Magezi spoke for the army after the results landed. [*]Three officer cadets got commissioned at the same venue. [*]Training backgrounds spanned Sri Lanka and Tanzania. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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