{"id":23124,"date":"2021-12-17T15:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=23124"},"modified":"2021-12-17T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T14:32:13","slug":"nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson","title":{"rendered":"NRM&#8217;s Muwonge beats NUP&#8217;s Nakwedde to become Kayunga district chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Andrew Muwonge has been declared winner of the Kayunga District chairperson by-election.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Muwonge beat his closest contender Ms Harriet Nakwedde of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) and four other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Kayunga District returning officer, Ms Jennifer Kyobutungi said Mr Muwonge got 31,830 votes against Ms Nakwedde\u2019s 31,308.<\/p>\n<p>National Unity Platform (NUP)&#8217;s Harriet Nakwedde. PHOTO\/ MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI<\/p>\n<p>The race had attracted six candidates that also included DP\u2019s Anthony Waddimba and Independent candidates Majid Nyanzi, Jamir Kamoga and Boniface Bandikubi.<\/p>\n<p>The race had attracted six candidates that also included DP\u2019s Anthony Waddimba and Independent candidates Majid Nyanzi, Jamir Kamoga and Boniface Bandikubi.<\/p>\n<p>Nyanzi got 1,287, Bandikubi garnered 470 while Kamoga got 279. DP\u2019s Waddimba trailed with 158 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Kyobutungi said the total number of valid votes cast were 65,332.<\/p>\n<p>NRM officials have congratulated Mr Muwonge who called for unity among the people of Kayunga after being declared winner while NUP rejected the results saying the election was rigged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn broad day light, Museveni robs the victory of the people, and declares his candidate in Kayunga! Despite the stuffing and all manner of rigging, the signed DR forms give us a 15,000 votes lead. Ugandans will have to decide the next course of action,\u201d NUP leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine tweeted on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The seat fell vacant following the death of NUP\u2019s Mohamed Ffeffekka Sserubogo in June, after one month in office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Andrew Muwonge has been declared winner of the Kayunga District chairperson by-election. Mr Muwonge beat his closest contender Ms Harriet Nakwedde of the opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) and four other candidates. Kayunga District returning officer, Ms Jennifer Kyobutungi said Mr Muwonge got 31,830 votes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-23124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NRM&#039;s Muwonge beats NUP&#039;s Nakwedde to become Kayunga district chairperson - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Andrew Muwonge has been declared winner of the Kayunga District ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NRM&#039;s Muwonge beats NUP&#039;s Nakwedde to become Kayunga district chairperson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Andrew Muwonge has been declared winner of the Kayunga District ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-17T15:23:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/img-61bc9f5852eee.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"NRM&#8217;s Muwonge beats NUP&#8217;s Nakwedde to become Kayunga district chairperson\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-17T15:23:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2021\/12\/img-61bc9f5852eee.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrms-muwonge-beats-nups-nakwedde-to-become-kayunga-district-chairperson\",\"name\":\"NRM's Muwonge beats NUP's Nakwedde to become Kayunga district chairperson - 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