Six presidential aspirants pick nomination forms

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Hon. Amama Mbabazi after picking nomination forms

Six presidential aspirants for the 2016 race have expressed interest in vying for the biggest post of leadership in Uganda as they picked nomination forms from the electoral commission headquarters in Kampala today, among them being the former premier and secretary general for the ruling party, Hon. Amama Mbabazi, Prof.Venacious Baryamureba, Fredrick Kunya, John Mutono among others.

After picking his nomination forms, Mbabazi said he is now to embark on seeking for signatures from the electorates to endorse him for the post as he also assures the public that he will continue with his planned consultation meetings. However, Baryamureba said if he wins he will make the incumbent retire honorably but also noted that he decided to run as independent instead of running as a flag bearer from his party Peoples progressive party.

The publicist of the commission, Jotham Taremwa, said starting from today all those aspiring for the post of presidency should collect 100 signatures from each of the 75 districts in the country with the exercise to close on 21st September 2015 to give the commission time to verify the signatures.

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