The Resident District Commission Grace Asiimwe says that they resolved to halt the exercise after realizing that supporters of various candidates especially for Bughendera County had started threatening the electoral officials and their opponents.
The declaration of results for NRM primaries in Bundibugyo
District have been halted.
The decision followed a security meeting chaired by the Resident
District Commission Grace Asiimwe and members of the NRM electoral commission on
Saturday.
Though voting in the district was largely peaceful, concerns of
varying figures on the declaration forms caused tensions in the tally room.
On Friday police had to fire live bullets to disperse crowds that
were demanding party electoral officials to declare the results or call for
fresh elections.
The fracas prompted an impromptu meeting where the party’s electoral
officials and security personnel resolved to suspend the exercise to avoid what
seemed to be looming violence in the district.
Asiimwe says that they resolved to halt the exercise after
realizing that supporters of various candidates especially for Bughendera County
had started threatening the electoral officials and their opponents.
She added that they have contacted the chairperson NRM electoral commission Dr
Tanga Odoi to take up the declaration of the results exercise.
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Earlier the district registrar NRM party registrar Robert Kifunga Aguma had
called for a temporary halt of vote tallying after the Bughendera county MP
Christopher Kibanzanga tried to storm the tally centre. He was
repulsed by supporters of his opponent Acrobat Kiiza Moses.
However, the decision to cancel declaration of the results has attracted mixed reactions from agents and
some aspirants.
Edward Kyomuhendo who was representing Woman MP Contestant Harriet
Ntabzai at the tally centre welcomed the decision. He hopes with the team from the party headquarters will guide on the irregularities independently.
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Rashid Bwambale doubts whether the top party electoral officials will change anything.
He says the district must be held responsible for being ineffective.
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Kibanzanga welcomed the decision to involve the top EC in the
process saying the delay had already created an environment where no one could
concede defeat.
