Daily Monitor
Sunday January 17 2021
Polling officials count ballots at Ssendi Polling Station in Rubaga Division, Kampala, on Thursday. PHOTO/ RACHEL MABALA
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Machines at the district tally centre jammed at the time of compiling the presidential and parliamentary results.
Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, who was the first to be declared winner at the district tally centre, said the numbers on the declaration forms did not match those obtained from the polling centres.
“The declaration form from the field that was seen and checked by the returning officer indicated a total of 42,626 votes. But when the results were put in a tally machine for further computation, it printed the declaration form with a total of 27,000 votes,” Mr Ssemujju said. “This is a common practise among returning officers because they normally have interests in some candidates.”