62.
Independence of the commission.
Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the commission shall be
independent and shall, in the performance of its functions, not be subject to
the direction or control of any person or authority.
63.
Constituencies.
(1) Subject to clauses (2) and (3) of this article, Uganda shall be
divided into as many constituencies for the purpose of election of members
of Parliament as Parliament may prescribe; and each constituency shall be
represented by one member of Parliament.
(2) When demarcating constituencies for the purposes of clause (1)
of this article, the Electoral Commission shall ensure that each county, as
approved by Parliament, has at least one member of Parliament; except that
no constituency shall fall within more than one county.
(3) Subject to clause (2) of this article, the boundary of a constituency
shall be such that the number of inhabitants in the constituency is, as nearly
as possible, equal to the population quota.
(4) For the purposes of clause (3) of this article, the number of
inhabitants of a constituency may be greater or less than the population quota
in order to take account of means of communication, geographical features,
density of population, area and boundaries of districts.
(5) Subject to clause (1) of this article, the commission shall review
the division of Uganda into constituencies within twelve months after the
publication of results of a census of the population of Uganda and may as a
result redemarcate the constituencies.
(6) Where the boundary of a constituency established under this
article is altered as a result of a review, the alteration shall come into effect
upon the next dissolution of Parliament.
(7) For the purposes of this article, “population quota” means the
number obtained by dividing the number of inhabitants of Uganda by the
number of constituencies into which Uganda is to be divided under this
article.