KAMPALA, Uganda — Kampala District Returning Officer Rashid Hashakya has declared Erias Nalukoola the winner of the Kawempe North parliamentary seat.
Nalukoola, of the National Unity Platform, secured more than 34,000 votes. He defeated the National Resistance Movement’s Faridah Nambi by a margin of nearly 25,000 votes. Nambi garnered about 8,900 votes — almost the same number she received in last year’s by-election.
Tensions ran high during the tallying process, with Nalukoola and Nambi accusing each other of vote rigging. Security was heightened as supporters from both camps traded threats, raising fears of possible violence.
Nalukoola’s victory means the NUP has secured seven of Kampala’s 10 elective positions, with the remaining seats going to the NRM. In the previous parliamentary elections, the NUP won nine of the 10 Kampala seats. The party has lost two seats to the NRM in this cycle.
