Abubaker Kawalya beats Nyanjura for KCCA Speaker job

▶RESULTS
✳KCCA Speaker vote
✅ Abubaker Kawalya – 17 votes
Nyanjura Doreen -14 votes
Sengirinya Muhammad – 1 vote

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Results just in from City Hall indicate that independent Abubaker Kawalya has won the election of Speaker of Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA .The positions of speaker and deputy speakers of the Authority and divisions were created following Amendment of the KCCA Act.

The speakers will now preside over council meetings that were previously chaired by Mayors.

Four had showed interest in the position of speaker at KCCA.

They were Makerere University Councilor, Doreen Nyanjura, Abubakar Kawalya of Lubaga Division, Muhammad Segirinya, from Kawempe Division and Kyambogo University representative Bruhan Byaruhanga.

Nyanjura and Byaruhanga was contesting on the Forum for Democratic Charge-FDC and National Resistance Movement party tickets respectively.  Kawalya, who also belongs to FDC, and Ssegirinya, were running as independents.

Lubaga North Councilor Kawalya  was declared elected by the Buganda Road Chief Magistrate, Miriam Ayo Okello who presided over the polls.

Meanwhile the other election, Musa Mbazira is speaker Lubaga Division council.

He polled 27 votes beating his rival, Henry Lutwama who managed 19 votes.

In Kawempe Division Onesmas Mutumba emerged winner with 31 votes followed by Stephen Mungi in second position with 16 votes.

The positions of Speaker and Deputy Speaker at KCCA and respective city divisions were introduced by the KCCA amendment Act 2019.