EC rejects Batwala’s academic papers
Nov 05, 2010
An aspiring candidate for the Jinja district LC5 seat has failed to secure nomination after he was turned away for lacking the requisite academic documents.
By Charles Kakamwa
An aspiring candidate for the Jinja district LC5 seat has failed to secure nomination after he was turned away for lacking the requisite academic documents.
The district returning officer, Flavia Mujulizi, said Moses Batwala could not be nominated because he lacked an O’ evel certificate. Batwala pleaded with the electoral officials, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.
“We advised him to go and sort himself out. We expect him to return before the exercise ends,†Mujulizi said.
Batwala is the current district councillor for Butagaya sub-county and a former district LC5 vice-chairman. He lost the vice-chairmanship early this year in a reshuffle by the LC5 chairman, Hannington Basakana.
Batwala had shown interest in contesting for the NRM party primaries, but later pulled out and announced that he would stand as an independent.
Those nominated for the LC5 seat are former Jinja district LC5 chairman Frederick Ngobi Gume (NRM), Robert Kanusu (UPC) and Florence Biruma, an independent who lost the NRM primaries to Gume early this year.
Two people were nominated for the Jinja mayorship — the incumbent Hajji Muhammed Baswale Kezaala (DP) and Andrew Kasigwa of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
Those nominated for district councillor posts are Moses Lwochaza (NRM) for Budondo sub-county, Patrick Waako (FDC) for Mafubira sub-county and Joselyn Kappa (Independent) for Bugembe town council.
Other candidates cleared to stand were Wycliffe Ofwono (UPC) for Walukuba West parish councillor in Jinja municipality, Moses Mulebeke for Jinja Central East councillor at the municipality and Magid Nsereko (NRM) for councillor Masese B at Jinja municipality.
An aspiring candidate for the Jinja district LC5 seat has failed to secure nomination after he was turned away for lacking the requisite academic documents.
The district returning officer, Flavia Mujulizi, said Moses Batwala could not be nominated because he lacked an O’ evel certificate. Batwala pleaded with the electoral officials, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.
“We advised him to go and sort himself out. We expect him to return before the exercise ends,†Mujulizi said.
Batwala is the current district councillor for Butagaya sub-county and a former district LC5 vice-chairman. He lost the vice-chairmanship early this year in a reshuffle by the LC5 chairman, Hannington Basakana.
Batwala had shown interest in contesting for the NRM party primaries, but later pulled out and announced that he would stand as an independent.
Those nominated for the LC5 seat are former Jinja district LC5 chairman Frederick Ngobi Gume (NRM), Robert Kanusu (UPC) and Florence Biruma, an independent who lost the NRM primaries to Gume early this year.
Two people were nominated for the Jinja mayorship — the incumbent Hajji Muhammed Baswale Kezaala (DP) and Andrew Kasigwa of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
Those nominated for district councillor posts are Moses Lwochaza (NRM) for Budondo sub-county, Patrick Waako (FDC) for Mafubira sub-county and Joselyn Kappa (Independent) for Bugembe town council.
Other candidates cleared to stand were Wycliffe Ofwono (UPC) for Walukuba West parish councillor in Jinja municipality, Moses Mulebeke for Jinja Central East councillor at the municipality and Magid Nsereko (NRM) for councillor Masese B at Jinja municipality.