NRM probes petitions
THE ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has started investigations into petitions from the just-concluded party grassroots elections.
By Mary Karugaba and Rachael Ninsiima
THE ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has started investigations into petitions from the just-concluded party grassroots elections.
“There are so many complaints, some of which are being addressed by the district tribunals, the party district electoral commission and others by the party’s electoral commission,†NRM electoral commissioner Lydia Wanyoto said.
“We have dedicated this week to address the issues of elections. In Ssembabule, where we have had major problems, we shall meet and sensitise our members. Next week, we shall be dealing with issues of primaries,†she added.
Wanyoto disclosed that the party would hold elections in Abim, Butaleja and Buliisa districts, where they were postponed due to disagreements.
She said individuals who are found to have violated election rules would be disciplined.
NRM deputy publicity secretary Ofwono Opondo said Lwemiyaga county MP Theodore Ssekikubo risks being suspended from the party for violating poll regulations.
“NRM does not condone violence, whether with stones or sticks. It is even worse with guns. No one is supposed to hold guns apart from the Police and the army,†he said.
Opondo was addressing journalists at the Uganda Journalists Association offices in Kampala yesterday.
He called on the party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni, to suspend Ssekikubo as a detterant to those who intend to disorganise the polls in future.
Ssekikubo was yesterday charged with illegal possession of a firearm, theft of election materials and obstructing the Police.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, has directed the internal affairs minister to respond to claims by Bulisa MP Stephen Birahwa (NRM) of harassment by the officer in charge of Bulisa Police Station, Edison Muhangi.
The MP said four days before the elections, word was rife in Bulisa that he was “wanted†by the Police because he was a security threat. Birahwa did not stand in the election.
The MP added that Muhangi had promised to deal with him two weeks before the elections. He said Muhangi assaulted NRM members with a baton on election day.
Birahwa named Simon Kinene, the district NRM chairman, as one of those who was targeted, “assaulted and humiliated.â€
Additional reporting by Henry Mukasa and Barbara Among
THE ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has started investigations into petitions from the just-concluded party grassroots elections.
“There are so many complaints, some of which are being addressed by the district tribunals, the party district electoral commission and others by the party’s electoral commission,†NRM electoral commissioner Lydia Wanyoto said.
“We have dedicated this week to address the issues of elections. In Ssembabule, where we have had major problems, we shall meet and sensitise our members. Next week, we shall be dealing with issues of primaries,†she added.
Wanyoto disclosed that the party would hold elections in Abim, Butaleja and Buliisa districts, where they were postponed due to disagreements.
She said individuals who are found to have violated election rules would be disciplined.
NRM deputy publicity secretary Ofwono Opondo said Lwemiyaga county MP Theodore Ssekikubo risks being suspended from the party for violating poll regulations.
“NRM does not condone violence, whether with stones or sticks. It is even worse with guns. No one is supposed to hold guns apart from the Police and the army,†he said.
Opondo was addressing journalists at the Uganda Journalists Association offices in Kampala yesterday.
He called on the party chairman, President Yoweri Museveni, to suspend Ssekikubo as a detterant to those who intend to disorganise the polls in future.
Ssekikubo was yesterday charged with illegal possession of a firearm, theft of election materials and obstructing the Police.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, has directed the internal affairs minister to respond to claims by Bulisa MP Stephen Birahwa (NRM) of harassment by the officer in charge of Bulisa Police Station, Edison Muhangi.
The MP said four days before the elections, word was rife in Bulisa that he was “wanted†by the Police because he was a security threat. Birahwa did not stand in the election.
The MP added that Muhangi had promised to deal with him two weeks before the elections. He said Muhangi assaulted NRM members with a baton on election day.
Birahwa named Simon Kinene, the district NRM chairman, as one of those who was targeted, “assaulted and humiliated.â€
Additional reporting by Henry Mukasa and Barbara Among