Tensions flare in Sembabule as NRM grassroots polls turn violent
Residents and leaders in Sembabule District are raising concerns that the recent NRM grassroots elections have been reduced to a power struggle between supporters of Brig. Emmanuel Rwashande, a retired army officer, and incumbent MP Theodore Ssekikubo.
This follows a violent clash between the two camps’ supporters, which ended in the assault of Sembabule RDC Jane Francis Kagaayi. Kagaayi had been in the area to monitor a rerun of the NRM election in Kanoni Village.
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