Uganda's ruling NRM coasts to an easy win in village elections
Supporters queue behind their preferred candidate in Kampala Central during the countrywide Local Council elections in Uganda on July 10, 2018. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG
Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement party swept the local council elections to claim over 90 per cent of village leadership positions across the country, including in hitherto opposition strongholds.
This was despite what many have described as a chaotic process in over 60,000 villages that took part in the July 10 polls.
