The ruling National Resistance Movement scored yet another victory in the Entebbe Municipality LCIII Polls after Michael Mutebi trounced Incumbent Division ‘A’ Chairman and Democratic Party Flag bearer David Kasule Wasswa. Michael Mutebi, a dark skinny guy with a sharp voice garnered a total 2813 votes while incumbent David Wasswa Kasule polled 2618 votes. Out of the 23 councilors who contested for various posts in Division ‘A’ NRM got a total of 14 councilors while Democratic Party got a total of nine councilors.
Several political pundits that entebbenews contacted revealed that Michael Mutebi has been very active on the ground more than Kasule David Wasswa.
“Of course we aren’t surprised that Michael Mutebi has won. He has been very active on the ground unlike Kasule David Wasswa” NRM Party publicist Figo Matovu told entebbenews.
Meanwhile in Division ‘B’ it was a clash of the titans as top contenders Stanley Namayirira (DP) tussled it out with NRM’s Sempala Twaha. Stanley Namayirira eventually beat Twaha Sempala after he garnered 3353 votes while Sempala polled 1651 votes. Other candidates included incumbent Anthony Seguja who contested as an independent after he lost to Namayirira in the party primaries came third with 1113 votes, in fourth place was Sadiq Mukasa (Independent) polled 269 votes while FDC’s Peter Othieno finished fifth with 102 votes.
Sources have confirmed to entebbenews that Stanley Namayirira’s victory was a sure deal because his closest challengers Twaha Sempala and Anthony Seguja weren’t in good books with the electorate.
Speaking to entebbenews shortly after his victory, Namayirira promised to work on the bad feeder roads and start a vocational institute to train unemployed youth in several skills. He also promised to have the approved Kitoro market constructed in addition to tackling the declining performance in UPE Schools by providing text books and other scholastic materials to pupils. In Division ‘B’ DP got 10 councilors while NRM got 7 councilors.
