The candidates who include Isaac Modoi and Esther Wetsetse vying for the Lutseshe County and Bududa Woman MP Seat respectively have taken advantage of the unfulfilled pledges by the incumbent candidates to request for votes from the people of Bududa.
Candidates in Bududa district are riding on the unfulfilled pledges
by the incumbents leaders to garner support from the electorate.
The candidates who include Isaac Modoi and Esther Wetsetse vying
for the Lutseshe County and Bududa Woman MP Seat respectively have taken
advantage of the unfulfilled pledges by the incumbent candidates to request for
votes from the people of Bududa.
During their door-to-door campaigns for votes, the candidates note that for over four years the incumbent MPs have abandoned the electorate and failed to address the
challenges affecting the area.
They cite the Lutseshe County incumbent Godfrey Watenga Nabutanyi and Justine Khinza, the Bududa Woman MP who pledged to
lobby for clean water, improved road network, electricity, and good health
facilities to the people during the 2016 elections.
Wetsetse says that the district still lags in social services and
that some of the families that lost property in mudslides of Bukalasi have not
been relocated. She criticizes the incumbent MPs for turning a deaf ear to the concerns of the electorate.
However, Patrick Kibeti Nabutanyi, a supporter to Watenga
Nabutanyi said it was because of Covid- 19 that disrupted some of the
plans they had for the people of Lutseshe County. He says that the incumbent
has pledged to reach services to the people before the end of his term of
office.
Elia khasakya, Emma Namondo, and Herbert Wamanga all residents of
Bukalasi and Bushiyi respectively note that they elected their leaders basing
on the pledges they made, however, they have realized that they wasted their
time.
They argue that the roads, water and health services in the
district are still a challenge.
Andrew Nakhaboya
Freelancer