The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has emerged victorious in the Hoima and Kaabong by-elections for the district Woman MP seats.
In Hoima, NRM’s Harriet Businge beat Asinansi Nyakato, a joint opposition candidate by over 4,000 votes.
NRM’s Businge garnered 33,301 votes against Nyakato’s 28,789 votes.
The overall results were announced by Hoima Electoral District returning officer Douglas Matsiko early Friday, who declared Businge the newly-elected district Woman representative to Parliament.
The Hoima seat fell vacant after MP Tophace Kaahwa Byagira opted to represent the newly-created Kikuube district.
Hoima has two counties, one municipality, 17 sub-counties, and 69 parishes. The election will be conducted at 266 polling stations.
Meanwhile, the Kaabong contest was also a two-way race, with NRM’s Christine Tubo Nakwang eventually comfortably beating FDC’s Judith Nalibe Adyaka.
Nakwang got 22,532 votes while her challenger Adyaka polled 1,692.
Julius Ongom Ogwang, the returning offer for Kaabong Electoral District, declared Nakwang the newly-elected Kaabong district Woman MP Friday morning.
A total of 40,248 voters were registered for this by-election.
The Kaabong seat fell vacant following the relocation of the area MP Rose Akello to the newly created district of Karenga that came into effect on July 1, 2019.
On Thursday, Kaabong voters also elected their chairpersons and councilors to fill vacancies existing in various local government councils.
Museveni Speaks out
The people of Hoima, mwebale muno, thank you for voting the National Resistance Movement, and my daughter Harriet Mugenyi. You have chosen to consolidate the NRM achievements, by voting a pro-development MP.
Our people of Kaabong, Alakara nooi, you have shown that even with the lies from the Opposition, you know where the light is. I congratulate My daughter Tubo Christine Nakwang for winning the woman MP by-election.
I also congratulate the NRM structures in the two districts for doing a good job and delivering these victories. The NRM is stronger than ever and its vision is correct. – President YK Museveni