{"id":16190,"date":"2015-01-23T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=16190"},"modified":"2015-01-23T13:18:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T13:18:01","slug":"electoral-commission-denies-voter-bribery-in-busia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/electoral-commission-denies-voter-bribery-in-busia\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Commission denies voter bribery in Busia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16191\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wanyama-celebrates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16191\" src=\"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wanyama-celebrates.jpg\" alt=\"NRM's Wanyama celebrates Busia Victory\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wanyama-celebrates.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wanyama-celebrates-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Wanyama-celebrates-950x713.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NRM&#8217;s Wanyama celebrates Busia Victory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Electoral Commission has denied bribery allegations and reports of missing names from the voters register in the Busia by-election.<br \/>\nThis follows reports that yesterday\u2019s exercise was marred by controversy, low voter turn-out and election malpractice.<br \/>\nCases of missing names on the voters\u2019 register at various polling stations and bribery were reported.<br \/>\nHowever, the commission\u2019s spokesperson Jotham Taremwa tells KFM that they did not receive any complaint of voter bribery or missing names at the queries desk.<\/p>\n<p>NRM\u2019s candidate Stephen Oundo beat the opposition&#8217;s joint candidate Deo Njoki to take up the District Local Council 5 seat after garnering 31, 443votes against 21,844.<\/p>\n<p>The Busia district chairperson&#8217;s seat fell vacant after court nullified Adea Ouma over abuse of office.<\/p>\n<p>Story by Benjamin Jumbe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission has denied bribery allegations and reports of missing names from the voters register in the Busia by-election. This follows reports that yesterday\u2019s exercise was marred by controversy, low voter turn-out and election malpractice. Cases of missing names on the voters\u2019 register at various polling stations and bribery were reported. However, the commission\u2019s spokesperson Jotham Taremwa tells KFM that they did not receive any complaint of voter bribery or missing names at the queries desk. NRM\u2019s candidate Stephen Oundo beat the opposition&#8217;s joint candidate Deo Njoki to take up the District Local Council 5 seat after garnering 31, 443votes against 21,844. The Busia district chairperson&#8217;s seat fell vacant after court nullified Adea Ouma over abuse of office. 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