Kisekulo scored 30,684 votes to defeat the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate Charles Lubega Zziridamu who had 16, 880 votes and the National Unity Platform candidate Muhammad Muwonge (NUP) who scored 3,583 votes.
Patrick
Kintu Kisekulo, an independent candidate has emerged winner of the Kyotera
Local Council election.
Kisekulo
scored 30,684 votes to defeat the National Resistance Movement-NRM candidate Charles Lubega Zziridamu who had 16, 880 votes and the National Unity Platform candidate Muhammad Muwonge (NUP) who scored 3,583 votes.
In the same race was Charles Lubega
Ssekabira, the Forum for democratic change (FDC) candidate who had 235 votes at the end of the tally and Charles Zimaze Muwawu, an independent who polled 173 votes.
Koreb
Nahamya, the Kyotera District Returning Officer, announced the results amid chanting
crowds this morning.
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in; “Kisekulo an independent…
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out…district as the chairman.”//
Nahamya
told URN that he did not receive complaints from any candidates in the LC5 race
adding that the elections were peaceful.
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in; “I have not…
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out…people were satisfied.”//
Kisekulo appealed to all elected district councillors to promote
unity and work for the people since they have the power to decide their leaders’
fate.
He
urged the voters to always elect hardworking leaders regardless of their
political and religious affiliation.
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in; “Njagala kubasaba tuve mu…
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out……tusobole okutambulira okumu.”//
He
further appealed to the candidates who lost elections to use their abilities
and expertise to develop the district. He
adds that high on his agenda is the completion of the district headquarters.
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in; “Abawangudwa mbasaba…
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out…okuba plasta nebilala.”//
Apart
from Kisekulo, none of his opponents was present at the tally centre.
