She said this would eliminate cases of rigging during nominations and the forthcoming General Election. This came in the wake of a controversy over the exact number of registered voters in Teso South and Teso North during the ODM nominations. “There is a need for the electoral commission to gazette the figures of registered voters in all constituencies so that in case they are exaggerated, there will be somewhere to refer to,” Emaase said. Funyula MP Paul Otuoma recently contested the ODM nominations, accusing Governor Sospeter Ojaamong of exaggerating the figures from the constituencies. ALSO READ: MP Mwinyi slapped with ten charges after chaotic ODM pollsOjaamong insists Teso South and Teso North have 67,000 and 52,000 voters respectively, claims Otuoma has dismissed.

Source: Standard Digital April 24, 2017 15:42 UTC