Uganda has been holding elections consistently since the 1980s, at the different levels including Presidential, Parliamentary, District, and Local Councils.
Local Councils are a concept around the lowest political-administrative unit based at the village level.
On the technical side, the district is led by a Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), appointed by the central government.
LCIII executive committee members of all the sub-counties constitute the local council IV (LCIV).
Today, LCIIs are largely involved in settling land disputes and mobilising the community for various activities.
Uganda currently has over 60,800 villages, initial budgets indicated that this election would cost over 505bn if it were to be held by secret ballot.
Various amendments to section 111 cap 140 of the Local Government Act reduced the cost to 15.9bn through providing for lining behind preferred candidates.
The LC1 elections were eventually conducted on the 10th of July 2018 throughout Uganda which was declared a public holiday to allow voters the opportunity to express themselves.