NUP’s Nakweede Protests As NRM ‘s Muwonge Declared Kayunga LC5 Winner
December 17, 2021
Andrew Muwonge declared winner Kayunga LC5 chairman
The Electoral Commission has declared NRM candidate, Andrew Muwonge the winner of the hotly contested Kayunga LC5 seat in results announced on Friday morning.
In a close to call election, the Kayunga Returning Officer, Jennifer Kyobutungi, announced that having got 31,830 votes against Harriet Nakweede’s 31,380, NRM’s Muwonge had beaten her closest rival with just 450 votes.
The same race that attracted six candidates, independent candidate Majid Nyanzi came third with 1297 votes, followed by Musisi Boniface Bandikubi (Independent), 470, votes, Jamilu Kamoga, 279 and Democratic Party’s Anthony Wadimba got 158 votes.
“Being the Returning Officer for Kayunga electoral district and having added the number of votes cast as recorded on each declaration of results form,in accordance with the Local Government Act cap 243, I declare Muwonge Andrew who has obtained the highest number of votes winner for Kayunga electoral district,” Kyobutungi said.
Following the declaration, the NRM candidate applauded his supporters for the love showered to him.
“I am here for unity. This is what the people of Kayunga have been yearning for. I called upon the people of Kayunga to unite and take the district forward. This is our home,”Muwonge said.
However, following the declaration of the results, the NUP candidate, Harriet Nakweede who spent over 10 hours at the tally centre protested the outcome of the election, insisting that there was “manipulation.”
“It can’t be true. I can’t accept the results. According to our tally centre, we were supposed to win the by-election with a 15000 margin. Something is wrong here. There were many polling stations where the number of votes cast was more than the number of voters,”Nakweede said.
“We are declaring war against the NRM government. We can’t allow this to continue.”
Nakweede also pointed out the fracas between security and one of her agents, John Mary Ssebuwufu who was forced out of the tally centre for protesting some of the results that were being announced by the Electoral Commission.
According to the NUP candidate, this pointed to some sinister move.
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