Winnie Kiiza, the national coordinator of the Alliance for National Transformation and out-going Kasese District Woman MP, says they have come together as opposition forces in the district to defend the remaining elective positions they are holding.
Opposition
members in Kasese District have joined forces to serve as polling agents and mobilisers
for the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC LC V and mayoral candidates. This follows
the poor performance in the parliamentary elections, which saw the opposition party
losing three seats to the ruling NRM party in the just concluded elections.
NRM won the Busongora South, North and Kasese municipality seats. FDC
retained the Bukonzo, West, East and Woman MP Seats. On Wednesday, the
country goes into polls for LCV chairpersons, district councilors and
mayors.
Winnie Kiiza, the national coordinator of the Alliance for
National Transformation and out-going Kasese District Woman MP, says they have
come together as opposition forces in the district to defend the remaining
elective positions they are holding.
She contends that opposition forces in the district are conscious that NRM
leaders have been misleading the electorate with false information against
their competitors.
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Florence Kabugho, the Kasese district woman MP elect, says their NRM
counterparts have been downplaying the success of opposition in the
district. She says they are coming together to ensure the FDC maintains
its grip in the district.
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Atkins Katusabe, the Bukonzo County MP, says they want to
diffuse all plans of NRM to rig elections. He says they are still auditing the election results especially for Busongora
North constituency where the party believes they won the election.
In
Kasese, the battle for the LC V chairperson seat is between the FDC and
incumbent candidate Sibendire Biigogo Thembo and NRM candidate, Eliphaz Muhindi
Bukombi. The other candidates are Moses Bwambale of the National Unity Platform –NUP and
independent candidate, Emmanuel Kyalimpa.
The other competition is between
the incumbent NRM mayor, Geoffrey Kabwanga and FDC candidate, Chance Kahindo
Sibyabugha and NUP’s, Ahabwe Bwambale
