Museveni Brother Sodo Declared Mawogola NRM Flagbearer Amidst Tension
By Our Reporter
President
Yoweri Museveni’s younger brother Godfrey Aine Kaguta aka Sodo was Wednesday
evening declared the Mawogola North National Resistance Movement (NRM)
flagbearer for the 2021 general election.
Aine
was announced winner of the NRM
primaries following a stiff competition with Foreign Affairs Minister Sam
Kutesa’s daughter Shartsi Musherure Kutesa, in which he polled 17,775
representing 46.3% while Musherure got 16,155 votes (42.17%) and Salim Kiseka scored 4,415 votes.
The
belated National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries for Mawogola North and
West in Sembabule district were held on Wednesday under tight security to avert
acts of violence, intimidation of voters and hooliganism.
In
Mawogola North, the race had three contenders, including t...