LC 1 Elections in Nansana Municipality in Wakiso district yesterday afternoon turned into chaos and voting at many polling centers was cancelled until further notice. In several villages, voters turned rowdy, accusing some of the candidates of ferrying voters from outside villages.

The Mayor of Nansana Municipality, Regina Bakite confirmed these allegations and accused the area LC 3 Chairman, of being behind the plot. The LC3 chairman Maseruka was said to have sponsored a number of candidates in almost all the villages in the division.

“This chaos here is registered even in other villages; Maseruka (NRM) thinks he will bring hooligans to lead the people; he has disorganized these elections  right from the start by involving himself in faking voters’ registers,” Bakite said.

Police trying to cool the situation

The contest at this village was majorly between four candidates, the incumbent Harriet Galiwango, Alex Kamya, Mashudi Matovu Juma and Yonnah Sabiiti.

The genesis of the chaos began when Kamya who was allegedly sponsored by Maseruka ferried voters from the nearby villages and arrived at the polling station in coasters.

“These were from Kawanda, Nakyesanja, Kagoma and all lined up behind Kamya; we couldn’t allow such ridging of the highest degree,” said one of the voters. This annoyed voters and began beating up the electoral officials who were rescued from the venue by police.

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Parliament has directed the Ministers of Security and Internal Affairs to explain the ongoing killings of people and brief the country under what circumstances police is shooting live bullets to the people.

The matter was raised before Parliament by the Member of Parliament for Nansana Municipality, Wayima Nsereko and Rubaga North MP, Moses Kasibante in relation to cases involving the killing of 2 women in Nansana Municipality and shooting a woman who was in the company of former cranes strike, Godfrey Massa.

Rubaga North MP Moses Kaisbante raised the matter before Parliament and asked government to explain why the police used live bullets to shoot at the former Uganda Cranes captain.

Last Thursday, police reported that Massa’s car was shot at by their officers near the Namboole flyover in Bweyogerere.

The MP for Kapelabyong County, Julius Ochen, criticised the government for not taking action when the civilians are being killed and demanded to know the causes of the rampant killings of people in the country.

The government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa, says that all the issues regarding killings and shootings will be forwarded to the Security Council that sits every Thursday.

The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, ruled that the Nankabirwa gives the House a report next Tuesday after the Security Council’s meeting.

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