Summary:
- Dr. Odoi urged both contestants and leaders in Kisoro to reject identity politics and embrace politics centered on socio-economic transformation.
KISORO: The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission Chairman, Dr. Tanga Odoi, has warned the Eight NRM flag bearer contestants in the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament by-election against engaging in identity politics.
According to Odoi, in Kisoro District, politics are currently polarized along religion and ethnicity. Odoi said this on Wednesday while addressing journalists at Chahi Sub-county headquarters in Kisoro District, where the candidates held their final joint campaign rally. The candidates contesting for the NRM Flag in the District Woman Member of Parliament By-election are Akifeza Grace Ngabirano, Mbonye Hellen, Igiraneza Winfred Faith, Irakunda Jemimah, Rose Kabagyeni, Kitentera Blessed, Irene Mahirwe, and Nirere Fancy Brenda.
Odoi compared the Political environment in Kisoro to that of the 1960s. Instead of focusing on divisions, Dr. Odoi urged both contestants and leaders in Kisoro to reject identity politics and embrace politics centered on socio-economic transformation.
He also announced that voting will begin at 11:00 AM this friday warning that no voting would take place beyond 11:20 AM to prevent any attempts at double voting. He said that the election will start with a “Baraza” (community gathering) at 10:00 AM, where all the villages will come together to receive instructions before voters will then line up behind the candidates of their choice.
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