16 ministers beaten in NRM polls
Sep 07, 2010
A total of 16 ministers have so far been defeated in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections.
By Barbara Among and Tom Gwebayanga
A total of 16 ministers have so far been defeated in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections.
Results that came in last evening indicated that regional affairs state minister Isaac Musumba lost to Martin Muzaale Mugabi, the district councillor for Bugulumbya sub-county.
Musumba, the longest serving MP in Busoga, has been Buzaaya’s MP since the Constituent Assembly (1994). Muzaale won with 16,833 votes against Musumba’s 8,034.
Lands minister Asuman Kiyingi lost to Henry Maurice Kibalya, the former marketing manager for Uganda Breweries. The former Makerere guild president polled 17,171 against Kiyingi’s 16,974 votes.
Health state minister Richard Nduhura lost his Igara East seat to Michael Mawanda Maranga, a prominent businessman in Kampala, while the disaster preparedness minister, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, lost his Igara West seat to the former secretary general for the Uganda Local Government Authority, Raphael Magezi.
In the three Igara East determinant sub-counties of Kyabugimbi, Kyeizoba and Bumbeire, provisional results indicated that Mawanda was last evening leading with 7,068, while Nduhura had 2,512.
Yiyard Rushatuka was in third position with 1,469.
In Igara West, Magezi led with 14,406, while Kabwegyere polled 4,847 votes.
In Butaleja, minister without portfolio and also NRM deputy secretary general, Dorothy Hyuha, lost the post of district Woman MP to Serina Nevanda, a 22-year-old Makerere university student, who polled 29,900 votes against 17,100.
According to provisional results, labour state minister Emmanuel Otaala lost to Jacob Oboth. Oboth had polled 17,835 votes, while Otaala got 11,123.
In West Nile region, energy state minister Simon D’ujanga polled 7,725 votes, coming third after the winner Stanley Omwonya, who won the seat for the Okoro county with 12,171 votes. Works state minister Simon Ejua also lost the Vuura county seat.
The ministers are, however, crying foul and want the elections repeated.
Otaala has dragged the party to court in an effort to stay the announcement of the results. He has also filed an application for a judicial review to compel NRM to tally the votes from the five sub-counties in the constituency.
Water minister Jennifer Namuyangu, who lost to MP Saleh Kamba, spent hours at the party headquarters in Kampala, where she delivered a petition challenging the election results for Kibuuku district. Namuyangu complained that the elections were marred with irregularities.
“There were no registers. Kamba distributed his own registers and deleted the names of those who did not support him. Many villages did not vote,†she said.
Local government state minister Perez Ahabwe trailed his opponent Henry Musasizi in 48 out of the 52 polling stations in Rubanda East of Kabale district.
Other ministers who lost are ethics and integrity minister Nsaba Buturo, urban development state minister Urban Tibamanya and gender state minister Rukia Isanga Nakadama.
Also defeated are agriculture state minister Henry Bagiire, minister for state in the vice-president’s office James Baba, and state minister for minerals Peter Lokeris.
Other ministers still battling for their seats are Kamanda Bataringaya, Ephraim Kamuntu, Simon Lokodo and Kahinda Otafiire.
A total of 16 ministers have so far been defeated in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections.
Results that came in last evening indicated that regional affairs state minister Isaac Musumba lost to Martin Muzaale Mugabi, the district councillor for Bugulumbya sub-county.
Musumba, the longest serving MP in Busoga, has been Buzaaya’s MP since the Constituent Assembly (1994). Muzaale won with 16,833 votes against Musumba’s 8,034.
Lands minister Asuman Kiyingi lost to Henry Maurice Kibalya, the former marketing manager for Uganda Breweries. The former Makerere guild president polled 17,171 against Kiyingi’s 16,974 votes.
Health state minister Richard Nduhura lost his Igara East seat to Michael Mawanda Maranga, a prominent businessman in Kampala, while the disaster preparedness minister, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere, lost his Igara West seat to the former secretary general for the Uganda Local Government Authority, Raphael Magezi.
In the three Igara East determinant sub-counties of Kyabugimbi, Kyeizoba and Bumbeire, provisional results indicated that Mawanda was last evening leading with 7,068, while Nduhura had 2,512.
Yiyard Rushatuka was in third position with 1,469.
In Igara West, Magezi led with 14,406, while Kabwegyere polled 4,847 votes.
In Butaleja, minister without portfolio and also NRM deputy secretary general, Dorothy Hyuha, lost the post of district Woman MP to Serina Nevanda, a 22-year-old Makerere university student, who polled 29,900 votes against 17,100.
According to provisional results, labour state minister Emmanuel Otaala lost to Jacob Oboth. Oboth had polled 17,835 votes, while Otaala got 11,123.
In West Nile region, energy state minister Simon D’ujanga polled 7,725 votes, coming third after the winner Stanley Omwonya, who won the seat for the Okoro county with 12,171 votes. Works state minister Simon Ejua also lost the Vuura county seat.
The ministers are, however, crying foul and want the elections repeated.
Otaala has dragged the party to court in an effort to stay the announcement of the results. He has also filed an application for a judicial review to compel NRM to tally the votes from the five sub-counties in the constituency.
Water minister Jennifer Namuyangu, who lost to MP Saleh Kamba, spent hours at the party headquarters in Kampala, where she delivered a petition challenging the election results for Kibuuku district. Namuyangu complained that the elections were marred with irregularities.
“There were no registers. Kamba distributed his own registers and deleted the names of those who did not support him. Many villages did not vote,†she said.
Local government state minister Perez Ahabwe trailed his opponent Henry Musasizi in 48 out of the 52 polling stations in Rubanda East of Kabale district.
Other ministers who lost are ethics and integrity minister Nsaba Buturo, urban development state minister Urban Tibamanya and gender state minister Rukia Isanga Nakadama.
Also defeated are agriculture state minister Henry Bagiire, minister for state in the vice-president’s office James Baba, and state minister for minerals Peter Lokeris.
Other ministers still battling for their seats are Kamanda Bataringaya, Ephraim Kamuntu, Simon Lokodo and Kahinda Otafiire.