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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Namutumba District National Residence Movement (NRM) chairperson, Mr Siraji Gusongweire, has stepped down from seeking the Ivukula Town Council leadership, citing a surge in popularity of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Local Council 3 elections for town councils are scheduled for February 3. Mr Gusongweire told Daily Monitor on Monday that he wants to concentrate on mobilising and building party structures in the district.<\/p>\n

\u201cBesides concentrating on NRM party issues, I fear that I am likely going to lose because of the political environment which has changed,\u201d he said.The recently held general election has seen a surge in popularity of NUP, which has galvanised its support base, especially in Buganda, where it left several incumbents, including ministers, defeated.<\/p>\n

Mr Gusongweire said most of the people he supported lost, including Ms Betty Nakisita, who lost the Woman MP seat to Ms Mariam Naigaga, and Mr Michael Saire, who lost the district LC5 seat to Mr David Mukisa.\u201cI am politically being fought for not belonging to the Naigaga-Mukisa camp, which is not a crime because politics is about interests,\u201d he said.Mr Gusongweire is also the outgoing Ivukula Sub-county councillor.<\/p>\n

However, Mr Waiswa Kirya, a voter in Kamudoke Village, Ivukula Town Council, said Mr Gusongweire feared defeat because he has done nothing for the residents. \u201cHe was going to lose the election but not to give others a chance as he claims,\u201d he said. Ms Winnie Kalembe, a voter at Ivukula Sub-county headquarters, said Mr Gusongweire is not a resident of Ivukula Town Council.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge him to contest in Ivukula Sub-county but not in Ivukula Town Council,\u201d she said. Mr Richard Kaigo, a Forum for Democratic Change youth mobiliser in the sub-county, said Mr Gusongweire was not certain of winning the elections. \u201cHe did not even campaign; maybe he knew that he was going to lose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. The Namutumba District National Residence Movement (NRM) chairperson, Mr Siraji Gusongweire, has stepped down from seeking the Ivukula Town Council leadership, citing a surge in popularity of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Local Council 3 elections for town councils are scheduled for February 3. 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