Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 03 2021
Ruling NRM party national chairman Yoweri Kaguta Museveni meets with party youths in Kampala recently. PHOTO/COURTESY.
Summary
According to the National Youth Council Act, a person shall be eligible to be elected a member of a youth committee if he or she has attained the age of 18 years and is less than 30 years.
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party on Monday swept all the five youth slots across the country, exerting its supremacy over the budding youth-driven National Unity Platform (NUP) party.
Youth elections are held through the electoral college system of voting. Under the system, only a few youth or voters, who are delegates, represent the majority voters. Youth comprise 78 per cent of the country’s population.