Heavy security at polling station in Jinja as Nabeta, Mbaziira voters clash

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Security forces have been deployed at Lake Site Primary School in Jinja City where hundreds had gathered to elect the NRM flag bearer for Jinja South East Constituency.

The Jinja South East race is a hot spot where incumbent Nathan Igeme Nabeta is facing off with Richard Mbaziira.

Both the Police and the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces were deployed at Lake site where violence was expected.

At Lake site polling station, the registrar, Joseph Mahande, did not use the party register as per the guidelines of the party electoral commission.

Igeme garnered 941 votes against Mbaziira’s 880 votes.

Joseph Mahande, the election officer at Lake Site primary school polling station, said police and army contained violence which was being caused by both camps.

At Masese II in DANIDA polling station, a scuffle and exchange of words erupted between the camp of Mbaziira and Igeme. Igeme’s supporters expressed dissatisfaction over non-voters joining the line of their opponent Mbaziira.

They confronted the Election Officer, Samuel Nadigo and threatened to beat him if he continued with the counting of votes.

Nadigo was saved by the Police, who directed a re-read of the names in the voters register, which he did, and later the counting proceeded.

At Masese II, Mbaziira got 246, and Igeme collected only 3 votes. At Church cell, Mbaziira won Igeme with 137 votes against 63.

At Babu Patel, Mainstreet, Jerop, Rocko, Factory, Iganga Rd and Kisima II villages, Igeme collected 459, 3, 105, 10, 37, and 27 votes respectively, while Mbaziira garnered 203, 310, 300, 326, 80, 45 and 116 votes respectively.

By press time, in Jinja South-East constituency, Mbaziira was still in the lead.

Jinja South West Constituency

In Jinja South West constituency, former Member of Parliament Moses Grace Balyeku was still in the lead according to preliminary results from most polling stations.

He won at Nalufenya A and B with 208 and 250 votes respectively, beating his opponents, who include Daniel Kanu, David Talenga and Erica Sakwa, a former Jinja district RDC.

Jinja City Woman MP

Under the Jinja City Woman MP slot, Annet Musika was still in the lead of her opponents who include Esther Mirembe, Sirina Kyakuwaire, Juliet Kitibwa, Doreen Ssanyu Alice and Margret Wagabaza. 

Other contenders express grievances

David Talenga, an aspirant in the Jinja South West race expressed dissatisfaction over the election exercise at Nalufenya A and B polling stations.

He has asked the chairperson of NRM Electoral Commission to nullify the election of his constituency following the many irregularities that have been exhibited.

Talenga noted that the elections lacked transparency. Registrars failed to read the names of voters in the register and ordered people to vote.

At Nalufenya A, Moses Grace Balyeku got 208, Daniel Kanu Dan 07, David Talenga and Joseph Erick Sakwa with 0 votes.

While Nalufenya B, Balyeku got 250 votes, Talenga 1, Kanu 5 and Sakwa 0 votes.