Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 19 2021
Summary
At least 24 ministers, including the Vice President, Mr Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, lost their parliamentary seats in the January 14 General Election.
Daily Monitor spoke to various voters on why they decided to kick out the ministers
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Vice President Edward Ssekandi (Bukoto Central)
The second highest citizen after the President, Edward Ssekandi was kicked out of Parliament by little known Richard Ssebamala of Democratic Party for Bukoto Central seat. Ssekandi had served as MP for Bukoto Central for over 20 years.
The defeat so overwhelmed the Vice President and former Speaker of Parliament that he was hospitalised.
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.”