Nshangabasheija Cries Foul: Kabale LCV Chair Challenges Primary Election Outcome
The Kabale District LCV Chairperson, Nelson Nshangabasheija, has petitioned the results of the party’s primary elections, citing gross irregularities and election malpractices.
Nshangabasheija who wanted to retain the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer position for Kabale District LCV
Chairman, was defeated by former Kabale Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Denis Nzeirwe. The elections held on Thursday, saw Nzeirwe getting 43667 votes representing 54.5 percent while Nshangabasheija got 33860 votes representing 42.2 percent.
Wilbroad Rwamunahe came third after getting 2610 votes representing 3.3 percent.
However, in a petition submitted to the Kabale NRM Office today, Nshangabasheija contends that the election was marred with gross irregularities and election malpractices such as voter bribery, voter intimidation, violence, soliciting for votes on the voting day, procuring ineligible persons to vote, incompetent and corrupt registrars at all levels, which substantially affected the outcome of the election.
However, Neirwe dismissed the petition, explaining the complaint stemmed from a canceled village election due to an error, which recorded zero votes for him and Nshangabasheija. He asserted that even if these villages had voted, his significant winning margin meant their impact on the overall outcome would have been negligible.
