Seasoned Journalist Julius Mucunguzi has been appointed Spokesperson of the Electoral Commission.
Mucunguzi, is a former communication specialist at Office of the Prime (OPM) under Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda era. He replaces Mr. Paul Bukenya who has been Acting Spokesperson since the departure of Jotham Taremwa.
His appointment comes at the time when the electoral body is recruiting new staff to replace those that have retired on moved on as it positions for 2026 polls.
Mucunguzi has previously worked as spokesperson for Africa at the Commonwealth Secretariat, an international interstate agency responsible for 53 countries formerly colonies of Britain. Before joining the Commonwealth Secretariat in 2006, he was a senior communications officer at World Vision Uganda and also taught journalism at Makerere University Department of Mass Communication. He started his journalism journey at The Monitor newspaper in the early 1990s.
