Retired Brigadier General, Emmanuel Rwashande, has defeated long-serving Member of Parliament Theodore Ssekikubo to become the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for the hotly contested Lwemiyaga County seat.
Rwashande garnered 16,358 votes, while Ssekikubo received 8,702. Other candidates included Joy Kabatsi, who polled 473 votes, and Jacob Kato, with 11 votes.
A bitter Ssekikubo has since rejected the results alleging intimidation, political violence ,and even abduction of his supporters during the hotly contested party ticket. The two political heavy weights have traded insults against each other and Ssekikubo alleged that his opponent Rwashande did not have the minimum qualifications required for nomination.
Country wide, NRM top guns secured the highly sought after NRM party ticket although there were some notable casualties that included
The winners included some old and tested hands ,Amelia Kyambadde – Mawokota North; David Kabanda – Kasambya County; Stephen Shyaka Gashaija – Entebbe Municipality; Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi – Rujumbura County; Swaibu Ojasi – Iganga Municipality.
Rebecca Kadaga – Kamuli Municipality; Jessica Alupo – Katakwi District; Phiona Nyamutoro – Nebbi District; Robinah Nabbanja – Kakumiro District; Matia Kasaija – Buyanja County; Herbert Ariko – Soroti East; Jane Frances Acil – Oyam District; Fred Ruhindi – Nakawa East and Sam Engola – Erute South.
Hanifah Kawooya Bangirina – Mawogola West; Florence Nambaziira – Mawogola District Woman MP; Aine Sodo Kaguta – Mawogola North and Dez Oswald Byuma – Mawogola South.
The Winners:
Phiona Nyamutoro – Nebbi Woman MP
Thomas Tayebwa – MP, Ruhinda North County in Mitooma District
Anita Among – Woman MP, Bukedea District
Matia Kasaija – Buyanja County, Kibaale District
Jim Muhwezi – MP, Rujumbura County, Rukungiri District
Molly Kamukama – Woman MP, Kazo District
Moses Ali – MP, East Moyo County in Adjumani District
Iddi Bassajja – Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality Constituency
Annet Katusiime Mugisha – Woman MP, Bushenyi District
