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Mwiru Takes Oath as Jinja East Member of Parliament

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Hon. Paul Mwiru has today taken the oath of allegiance as the new Member of Parliament for Jinja East.

Hon. Paul Mwiru bounces back to parliament after he was re-elected in a by-election where he defeated former MP Nathan Igeme Nabeta.

While giving Mwiru the instruments of power that is the Rules of Procedure and the Constitution, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah urged Mwiru to work and serve all Ugandans in his constituency and around the country.

This website understands that the results announced by the Electoral Commission, Mwiru got 6,654 while his closes challenger; Nabeta got 5,043. The two were followed by an independent candidate – Faisal Masaba who manage 117 votes.

The rest of the candidates trailed scoring below one hundred votes each.

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