National Unity Platform’s Elias Nalukoola emerged the winner within the hotly contested Kawempe North MP by-election in Kampala.
Nalukoola polled 17,764 votes to beat his closest rival and NRM’s Faridah Nambi, who acquired 8,593 votes, through the outcomes introduced by the Electoral Commission at their tally middle at Makerere University.
“Having added up the votes forged as recorded on every declaration type in accordance with part 72 of the Parliamentary Elections Act Cap 177, I declare Nalukoola, who has obtained the very best variety of votes, to be the elected candidate for Kawempe North constituency,” the returning officer for Kampala district, Henry Makabayi, declared.
Speaking concerning the win for Nalukoola, the NUP Secretary-General revealed it was a bittersweet second due to the violence meted out on journalists and different folks through the election and marketing campaign interval.
Nalukoola, in his speech, revealed it was not his win however for the folks of Kawempe North and the struggling Ugandans.
“This is just not my victory, nor my occasion’s. It’s for the folks of Kawempe and all Ugandans….We nonetheless have a protracted strategy to go,” Nalukoola mentioned as he addressed the press after being declared.
The by-election was held to switch the fallen Muhammad Segirinya, who handed on in January this yr.
