Nakwede Heads To Court Over Kayunga Election Irregularities
The Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has announced it will be challenging in courts of law the results of last week’s Kayunga District Chairperson elections.The party leadership told the press on Monday that they had gathered all evidence in the Declaration of Results (DR) form, as well as tape recordings which they will be showing to the court.
The Kayunga election was won by Andrew Mowonge, the ruling NRM’s, while NUP’s Harriet Nakweede came in second place.The District Returning Officer Ms Jennifer Kyobutungi announced Friday morning after a nightlong tallying, that Muwonge had polled 31830 votes while Nakweede Harriet managed 31308 votes.Other candidates in the election included Kamoga Jamilu (independent), who got 279 votes, Musisi Boniface Bandikubi (independent), who manage...