{UAH} M7 CANCELS KAZO WINNER, GIVES FLAG TO KAMUKAMA DURING STORMY CEC MEET

By Mulengera Reporters

 

"He who laughs last, laughs best," goes the old adage. And this is something that appropriately applies to Kazo NRM flag bearer aspirant Molly Kamukama who has finally been proclaimed the ruling party flag bearer for the new district's woman MP slot. The new development or reality, imposed by CEC which is the top most organ of the ruling party, amounts to a vote of no confidence in both the party's Electoral Commission and the Elections Disputes Tribunal that was established to help deescalate all election-related tensions inside the country's largest political party.

During the Friday 4^th August NRM primaries, Molly Kamukama (also the minister in charge of Economic Monitoring) was allocated 16,715 votes against Jennifer Abaho Muheesi who was allocated 16,802 and accordingly declared winner for the race that attracted a significant number of aspirants including NRM youth leader Ann Ruyondo Lumumba. Kamukama (the immediate former PPS to HE the President) has since been fighting to reverse what she maintained was sham election results' declaration. On getting aggrieved, the former PPS appealed to the NRM EC headquarters in Kampala where Dr. Odoi Tanga turned his back on her. He inappropriately called her a manipulative bad loser and the matter was subsequently referred to the NRM Elections Tribunal where the indefatigable Kamukama still didn't get justice.

This left her with no option but to refer the matter to Court whereby her big-name lawyers of Tumusiime Kabega & Co Advocates were ready to use the Mbarara High Court to undress the vote thieves of Kazo (see related reporting here https://mulengeranews.com/minister-kamukama-seeks-court-order-to-block-opponent-muheesis-nomination/). It's a case that many victims of malpractices in NRM primaries were looking forward to as something that can give them some reprieve. It appears, the court case (which could potentially attract scrutiny to many decisions relating to NRM primaries including the prudence of President Museveni's directive that everybody votes in total disregard of whether they are on the register or not) must have severely frightened members of the top party organ (CEC) to weigh in before it gets too late. The Kamukama case was going to cause many of the ruling party election-related cobwebs to be unmasked and thereby demonizing the party on the eve of such a major general election.

BAD DAY FOR TANGA

And the opportunity for Gen Museveni and his CEC members to right the wrongs in the Kazo poll came during yesterday Friday's CEC meeting that was held at State House. Mulengera News sources at the meeting say that the big man from Rwakitura was in such a furious mood that whoever he directed his wrath at became too terrified and cowed to even defend themselves. The NRM EC Chairman Dr. Odoi Tanga was one such villain; he was accused of so many things and yet he was too deflated to say anything in self-defense. Dr. Tanga came with his other Commissioners but that didn't do enough to give him guts to fight back. He remained calmly seated; uneasily turning in his seat as all manner of scorn was poured at his EC for doing such an imprudent job.

Asserting that the Kazo poll was totally messed up like many others elsewhere in the country, Gen Museveni and CEC members decreed that Molly Kamukama be immediately declared the winner because Muhesi's win resulted from electoral fraud and improper decision-making by the Odoi Tanga-led EC. "That was the directive and unanimous decision of CEC which will officially be declared anytime this weekend. It's the final decision nobody is going to be able to change. It's sealed and fait accompli [meaning it's a reality that affected parties just have to accept] as lawyers say," CEC sources told Mulengera News.

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