Kyalya blasts Busoga for denying her votes

Maureen Faith Kyalya who performed dismally in the just concluded presidential elections has voiced her dismay to Busoga region for not voting for her. Kyala, 42, a lawyer by profession hails from Busoga.

"They (Basoga) should be ashamed. I have spent 9 years helping the people of Busoga. Now that they did not vote for me, they should now stop bothering me. They say Basoga mature at the age 45," fumed Kyalya who polled a miserly 586 votes in the region.

The former presidential adviser also revealed her delight at finishing close to former prime minister Amama Mbabazi in the polls.

Mbabazi came third with 132,574 votes representing 1.4% of the total votes while Kyalya secured 0.4% despite not being able to cover all the 112 districts in the country.

"In my assessment, I did better than Amama Mbabazi because despite the hardships I covered over 30 districts on a smaller budget," she boasted.

Kyalya also congratulated President Museveni on his victory but was highly critical of the polls which she said were flawed.

She also asked Museveni to keep his end of the bargain after she claimed he promised her a job.

"I promised him a job if I won and I don't mind working with him" Kyalya said.