
Bukimbiri by-election ; NUP withdraws 19-year-old candidate to support FDC’s.
The National Unity Platform (NUP) party has withdrawn its candidate in the Bukimbiri county by-election in favour of James Owebeyi, a candidate belonging to the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
The withdrawn candidate is 19-year-old Joshua Mutabazi who had been nominated on Tuesday to contest alongside Owebeyi, Eddie Kwizera Wagahungu of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) and independent candidate, Edward Mutabazi.
Without prior announcement, Mutabazi did not just participate in campaigns that started on Thursday and a day later, the party issued a statement announcing that it has withdrawn its support for the candidate.
According to the statement, the move is aimed at showing cooperation in jointly fighting to get rid of the military dictatorship of Uganda. The statement also...