The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2020

An Act to amend the Local Governments Act, Cap.243 to provide for the creation of local governments and administrative units at least six months before the due date for the next general parliamentary and local government council elections to provide for the demarcation of electoral areas; to prescribe the manner of conducting campaigns; to bar persons not ordinarily resident in a local government area from contesting for councilor for that area to prescribe the time within which to fill vacant positions in a local government council; to provide for the procedure for commencement of polls at each polling station and to align the Local Governments Act with the provisions of the Constitution as amended by the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2018.