The National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Paddy Kisembo has been declared the duly elected LC5 Chairperson for Kikuube District after securing a commanding victory in the district chairperson by-election.
The official declaration was made on Thursday evening by Kikuube Electoral District Returning Officer Emmanuel Twine following the tallying and verification of results from across the district.
According to the final results, Kisembo garnered 26,612 votes, representing a significant lead over his closest challenger, Fenekansi Timanyire of the National Unity Platform (NUP), who secured 8,712 votes.
While announcing the results, Twine said the vote tally was conducted in accordance with Section 147 of the Local Governments Act, Cap. 138, which requires the Returning Officer to aggregate votes recorded on all Declaration of Results Forms before declaring a winner.
The election attracted a total of 35,324 valid votes. Additionally, 887 ballot papers were rejected as invalid, bringing the total number of ballot papers counted to 36,211. A further 74 ballot papers were recorded as spoilt.
“I, Twine Emmanuel, being the Returning Officer for Kikuube Electoral District, having added up the number of votes cast as recorded on each Declaration of Results Form in accordance with Section 147 of the Local Governments Act, Cap. 138, declare that Paddy Kisembo, who has obtained the largest number of votes, is the elected candidate for Kikuube Electoral District,” the declaration read in part.
