President Yoweri Museveni has thanked the people of Hoima and Kaabong districts for voting the National Resistance Movement in the Woman MP by-elections that happened on Thursday.
Mr Museveni who is the NRM national chairman noted that despite the lies and propaganda by opposition members, the people still voted the NRM candidates.
"The people of Hoima, mwebale muno, thank you for voting the National Resistance Movement, and my daughter Harriet Mugenyi. You have chosen to consolidate the NRM achievements, by voting a pro-development MP," Mr Museveni posted on his Facebook page.
Mr Museveni added: "Our people of Kaabong, Alakara nooi, you have shown that even with the lies from the Opposition, you know where the light is. I congratulate My daughter Tubo Christine Nakwang for winning the woman MP by-election."
He continued: "I also congratulate the NRM structures in the two districts for doing a good job and delivering these victories. The NRM is stronger than ever and its vision is correct."
In Hoima, NRM’s Harriet Businge beat Asinansi Nyakato, a joint opposition candidate by over 4,000 votes.
NRM’s Businge garnered 33,301 votes against Nyakato’s 28,789 votes.
The overall results were announced by Hoima Electoral District returning officer Douglas Matsiko early Friday, who declared Businge the newly-elected district Woman representative to Parliament.
The Hoima seat fell vacant after MP Tophace Kaahwa Byagira opted to represent the newly-created Kikuube district.
Hoima has two counties, one municipality, 17 sub-counties, and 69 parishes. The election will be conducted at 266 polling stations.
Meanwhile, the Kaabong contest was also a two-way race, with NRM’s Christine Tubo Nakwang eventually comfortably beating FDC’s Judith Nalibe Adyaka.
Nakwang got 22,532 votes while her challenger Adyaka polled 1,692.
