The daughter of the late Rehema Watongola has been nominated to contest for the Kamuli Municipality MP seat in next year's elections.
Kamuli district returning officer, Kenneth Kayabwe nominated Baroda Kayanga on Tuesday. Kayanga chose a chair as her campaign and election symbol.
Watongola succumbed to COVID-19 about two weeks ago at Mulago National Referral hospital. Kayanga who was her mother's political assistant, promised to emulate Watongola's legacy and triumph in next year's elections.
"I was working alongside mother and would not sit back as her legacy is watered down by self-seekers who lack a proper development agenda for this new municipality," she says.
Kayanga pledged to promote girl-child education, advocacy for women's timely access to maternal health and women empowerment through recapitalizing their small scale enterprises.
Political leaders in Kamuli district note that Kayanga is expected to earn a sympathy vote following Watongola's politics of humility and tolerance despite provocation from her opponents from both within the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and other opposition political parties.
Kayanga will contest against the NRM party candidate Mastula Namatovu, National Unity Platform's (NUP) Moses Bigirwa and Godfrey Mugoya who will contest as an independent candidate.
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