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Mr Mujungu polled 12,088 votes against his main challenger, Mr Jackson Mbaju of the Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) who polled 6,866. The poll attracted seven candidates including Aloysius Baguma Kighema (FDC), Bernadette Businge (DP), and Independents Juma Munezero, Doreen Izagiire and David Mulindwa Isimbwa. 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