According to Nnalongo, she was officially assigned by her father Muhammad Musisi to act as her representative at the tally center. She, however, says that whenever she would raise an objection during the vote tallying exercise especially when the results wouldn’t tally with the declaration forms, security officers would shut her down under the guise of maintaining sanity in the tallying hall.
The
Commander of Jinja Central Police Station, Ahmed Hasunira is being accused of
assaulting Sophia Nnalongo, the polling agent of one of the former candidates
in the Southern Division mayoral race at the Jinja City Tally center on Monday
night.
According to Nnalongo, she was officially assigned by her father
Muhammad Musisi to act as her representative at the tally center.
She, however,
says that whenever she would raise an objection during the vote tallying exercise
especially when the results wouldn’t tally with the declaration forms, security
officers would shut her down under the guise of maintaining sanity in the
tallying hall.
Nnalongo,
however, says the situation spiralled out of hand when Hasunira hit her with an AK-47 magazine on the head. According to Nnalongo, she bled profusely and
was taken to Jinja senior secondary school first aid room before she was
referred to a private clinic for further management.
//Cue in: “tusaba…
Cue out…bubi nyo,”.
Nnalongo says
that her attempts to file a formal complaint with police against the commandant
have failed since the officers claim that their colleague acted in self-defence
because she was trying to assault him. She, however, says that the same
officers turned around and offered to foot her medical bills if she accepts to
drop the complaint against Hasunira.
//Cue in: “mbu’no…
Cue out…tebubadde bwa’dembe,”
The Kiira Region Police Spokesperson, Abbey Ngako told URN that he wasn’t aware
of the matter. He advised the aggrieved parties to report the case to the police
for investigations.
