IBANDA NRM ELECTIONS: THREE DR FORMS STILL MISSING; RWABURINDOORE DECLARED A WINNER
By Elly Karenzi
www.mknewslink.com
In Ibanda
Tarsis Bishanga Rwaburindoore has been declared a winner for the hotly contested Ibanda Municipality NRM Parliamentary primaries beating his rival Deus Rodgers Mulinde with 396 votes.
Rwaburindooore polled 6621 votes making 29.0% followed Deus Mulinde with 6255 votes which is 27.4%
Others results are; Mr. Peter Agaba 4394 (19.2%), Ignitious Igunduura 1439 votes (6.3%), Bernad Mazirwe Kakwene 628 votes (2.7%),John Mugenyi Kasule 168 votes (0.7%), Mwine I Bakamuhara 1449 (6.3%), Arthur Rwomushana Nuwagaba 577 votes (2.5%), Lawrence Nuwagira 217 votes (0.9%),Fred Spanner Sajjakambwe 260 votes (1.1%) and Leticia Tuheebwe Muwesi who scared 567 votes (2.5%). Total votes cast were 22853 (100%).
Rwaburindoore was declared a winner by the Chairperson, NRM Electoral Commission, Dr. Tanga Odoi and he will be the flag bearer in the Parliamentary race.
Meanwhile Apollo Mwine Kibeherere has been elected as a flag bearer for mayoral post with 10,655 votes.
He condemned the acts done by supervisor at Nyamirima area in Nyabuhikye by involving in saga of giving false information and hiding the declaration forms.
The RDC Ibanda Mr. Eliasto Akatuheebwa directed the Police, electoral commission staff and UPDF to take him to police, but he confessed and some forms were discovered hidden in the bag of one Stephen Babu Tumwine.
Three declaration forms are still missing.
However, the Chairperson, NRM Electoral Commission, Dr. Tanga Odoi asked the Ibanda Municipality representative to create a sprit of working together by making a positive environment so that winners can work together with losers.
Dr. Odoi confirmed that the process was free and fair.
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