Parliament has conducted an oath ceremony for the newly-elected Jinja East Member of Parliament Paul Mwiru.
Mwiru, the Forum for Democratic Change candidate, defeated NRM’s Nathan Igime Nabeta in last week’s by-election in Jinja. Mwiru bagged 6,758 votes against Nabeta’s 6,057. The second runner up in the race was DP’s Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro.
Mwiru, a third time contestant in the race, stood on the floor of parliament with only five people as he sworn in.
Outside parliament, hundreds of supporters of FDC chanted anti government and pro FDC songs. The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga welcomed Mwiru to the 9th parliament and wished him a nice stay in August house.