Who will succeed MP Nabanda in Butaleja?

Perfect replacement. The search for a replacement for Cerinah Nebanda, the Butaleja Woman Member of Parliament who died under mysterious circumstances on December 14 last year, is underway. Campaigns started early this week in various sub-counties ahead of the February 18 by-election.

Poverty, disillusionment and a sense of betrayal appear to be the issues at the heart of this race, another by-election likely to test the ruling party’s credentials having already lost to the opposition in Jinja, Masaka, Entebbe, Luwero, Bushenyi and Kasese, among others.

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