A number of public and private projects have been initiated in Entebbe Municipality in the last few years such as the widening of Entebbe road above. Like in 2011, the ruling NRM and the Opposition, are set to fight for control of this key town..
LC5 councillor at Wakiso District headquarters. Mubangizi dragged both Kawuma and the Electoral Commission to court citing massive irregularities in the exercise.
She argued that the election didn’t comply with the Constitution, Electoral Commission Act, and the Parliamentary Elections Act.
She complained that the failure to comply with electoral laws affected the results in a substantial manner.
Mubangizi further argued that the EC failed to collect, ascertain and tally the results of elections at 18 out of 74 polling stations in the municipality.
The High Court in Kampala presided over by judge Andrew Bashaija in August 2011 ruled that Kawuma’s election flouted the electoral laws and ordered a fresh election. Kawuma had garnered 10,812 votes against Mubangizi’s 8,973.
Bashaija noted that 8,224 votes were not included in the final tally, reasoning that this had substantial impact on the final result.
The results got better
In the subsequent by-election, Kawuma’s victory margin improved while Mubangizi declined thus conceding the loss.
In the subsequent by-election, Kawuma’s victory margin improved while Mubangizi declined thus conceding the loss.
He garnered 13,727 while Mubangizi got 6,226. William Wilberforce Seryazi got 209, and Hawah Nakibuule managed only 12 votes.
One of the messages that Kawuma used to convince the voters was that he was running for his last term. That angle became a game changer in what was a two-horse race between Kawuma and Mubangizi.
In next year’s poll, the NRM has eight candidates who are set to compete in the party primaries. This number has reduced by one candidate from the nine, who contested in the party’s primaries in the run-up to the 2011 polls.
These include Mubangizi, who after losing the 2011 polls, was appointed Presidential Adviser on Environmental Matters.
These include Mubangizi, who after losing the 2011 polls, was appointed Presidential Adviser on Environmental Matters.
Others are Maj (rtd) Julius Rubahimbya, former Rwampara MP Amon Muzoora Reeves, former Nkumba University guild president Madina Zalwango.
Also in the race are Charles Kirumira, a former flight engineer, Peace Salamuka, Rose Tumusiime, an LC4 councillor and Fabrice Rulinda, a communications strategist who has been working for the Government of Burundi.
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