PoliticsTied vote sends Jinja Northern Division speakership to third re-run
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_______________Councillors in Jinja City Northern Division will have to return for another attempt to elect their speaker after the latest vote ended in a tie.The closely contested race between Mansoor Ssemuwemba (NUP, Budumbuli West) and Samuel Mukopi alias Kakyamu (Mafubira Ward) ended with each candidate securing 16 votes.Samuel Mukopi while casting his vote for the speakership of the Jinja City Northern Division Council, where he tied with his rival at the Bugembe division offices on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Pho…
Mansoor Ssemuwemba, one of the candidates in the speakership race, participating in the voting process at the Bugembe division offices on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Jackie Nambogga)
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Ayub Wabika, the Jinja City Northern Division mayor casting his vote at the Bugembe division offices on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Jackie Nambogga)
The town clerk, Umar Lutalo and the Jinja City legal officer, Gertrude Nabirye, who had turned up to preside over the swearing-in of the speaker for Jinja City Northern Division in Bugembe on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Jackie Nambogga)
The anti-riot and regular police, who had been deployed while on standby to avert any possible chaos during the Jinja City Northern Division speakership polls in Bugembe on Friday, July 3, 2026. (Photo by Jackie Nambogga)
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