The State Minister for Lands Persis Namuganza has rejected results declared by the National Resistance Movement electoral commission.
According to the results declared by the NRM Electoral Commission Chairman Dr Tanga Odoi, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga the speaker of parliament scored 6,776 votes against Namuganza’s 3,882 votes to retain her position as the NRM second National Vice-Chairperson.
However, Namuganza has accused the party electoral commission for diverting from the agreed voting system of lining up and instead chose to use writing against the candidate in the book without consulting contenders.
“A lot of threats to the voters were involved in the process and bribing of voters during day light. This was done by the electoral commission in connivance with the incumbent to retain her position.” Namuganza says.
The two ladies who both hail from Busoga region with one representing Kamuli district and the other Bukhono County in Namutumba district have fought a bitter campaign.
Before the elections, Namuganza accused Kadaga of being disloyal to NRM and its chairman President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and added that on several occasions, Kadaga sided with the opposition in parliament to bring motions that cast the NRM in a bad light.
On the other hand, Kadaga looked at Namuganza as a front of powerful people in the NRM who are unhappy with the way she steers parliament.
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