Sort out wrangles, electoral body tells CP
Oct 27, 2007
THE Electoral Commission has ordered the Conservative Party to sort out its leadership wrangles.According to a statement signed by the chairman, Eng. Badru Kiggundu, the party has “continuously submitted conflicting information regarding its current leadership and its postal and physical addresses
By Ben Okiror
THE Electoral Commission has ordered the Conservative Party to sort out its leadership wrangles.According to a statement signed by the chairman, Eng. Badru Kiggundu, the party has “continuously submitted conflicting information regarding its current leadership and its postal and physical addresses.â€
This, Kiggundu noted, had made it difficult for the commission to discharge its statutory responsibilities.
He advised the party to “regularise its leadership and contact address†before the year ends. The conservative Party is split into two factions, each claiming to have submitted the documents to the commission.
Nsubuga Nsambu, the leader of one faction, insists that he is the legitimate leader of the party, with the argument that his rival was barred from holding any leadership position. “There must be something wrong with the Electoral commission,†Nsambu said.
“We submitted that information long before lukyamuzi did.†He said the Inspectorate of Government ruled that Ken lukyamuzi, a former MP, should not hold a leadership position for five years due to failure to declare his wealth.
But the party’s national chairman, Hosea Ssewanyana, dismissed Nsambu’s claims. Nsambu stepped down, he said, during their delegates’ conference in December 2005 when Lukyamuzi was elected.
“During the elections, we had three candidates, including Nsambu, but when he was called to address the delegates, he said he was stepping down.†He added they had given a copy of the minutes of the delegates’ conference to the commission.
THE Electoral Commission has ordered the Conservative Party to sort out its leadership wrangles.According to a statement signed by the chairman, Eng. Badru Kiggundu, the party has “continuously submitted conflicting information regarding its current leadership and its postal and physical addresses.â€
This, Kiggundu noted, had made it difficult for the commission to discharge its statutory responsibilities.
He advised the party to “regularise its leadership and contact address†before the year ends. The conservative Party is split into two factions, each claiming to have submitted the documents to the commission.
Nsubuga Nsambu, the leader of one faction, insists that he is the legitimate leader of the party, with the argument that his rival was barred from holding any leadership position. “There must be something wrong with the Electoral commission,†Nsambu said.
“We submitted that information long before lukyamuzi did.†He said the Inspectorate of Government ruled that Ken lukyamuzi, a former MP, should not hold a leadership position for five years due to failure to declare his wealth.
But the party’s national chairman, Hosea Ssewanyana, dismissed Nsambu’s claims. Nsambu stepped down, he said, during their delegates’ conference in December 2005 when Lukyamuzi was elected.
“During the elections, we had three candidates, including Nsambu, but when he was called to address the delegates, he said he was stepping down.†He added they had given a copy of the minutes of the delegates’ conference to the commission.