The ruling NRM party has announced it is going to challenge the outcome of the Kawempe North by-election results.
The results announced on Friday morning saw NUP’s Erias Nalukoola Luyimbazi declared winner, beating his closest rival, NRM’s Faridah Nambi who came second.
Owing to an extraordinary meeting of the ruling party’s Central Executive Committee, NRM Secretary General, Richard Todwong told journalists on Saturday morning that owing to a number of misdeeds during the by-election, they are not satisfied with its outcome.
“We are dissatisfied with the outcome of the by-election and the Central Executive Committee has directed our legal team to challenge the results in courts of law,” Todwong said.
He explained that the CEC meeting that sat on Friday heard that there was disenfranchising of several voters in Kawempe North when the Electoral Commission rejected results from a number of polling stations.
“Cancellation of results from over 50 polling stations disenfranchised over 50,00 voters to exercise their right to vote. There were also acts of violence carried out by supporters and sympathisers of National Unit Platform. We think this election was marred with violence, cheating and ballot stuffing that need to be investigated,” Todwong said.
The NRM Secretary General, said they have asked for a forensic audit into the Kawempe North by-election to bring to light all the misdeeds during the poll.
According to Todwong, the investigation should touch the Electoral Commission, the opposition National Unity Platform and security operatives among others .