Awany Told to Seek Court Over Nwoya Election Loss
Awany Told to Seek Court Over Nwoya Election Loss
The Electoral Commission (EC) has advised Tony Awany, the loser in the Nwoya County parliamentary election, to go to court if he feels dissatisfied with the election results.
Over the weekend, Awany petitioned the Electoral Commission seeking a recount of the votes, citing the slim margin of defeat.
Daniel Baguma, the Nwoya District Returning Officer, confirmed yesterday that the commission had received Awany’s application for a recount.
However, Baguma said the EC advised Awany to pursue the matter in court.
Baguma adds that Awany is the only parliamentary candidate in the district who has protested the declared election results and sought a recount.
Awany, the incumbent legislator who contested on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket, lost the hotly contested race to Democratic Party (DP) candidate Denish Geoffrey Komakech.
Komakech garnered 5,044 votes, while Awany polled 5,022 votes, a narrow margin of just 22 votes.
Meanwhile, the Nwoya County Member of Parliament-elect, Denish Geoffrey Komakech, told Favour fm today that he is not shaken by the recount application, describing it as an attempt that is bound to fail.
Efforts to obtain a comment from Awany have been futile over the last two days, as he has not returned repeated phone calls or responded to messages sent to his known WhatsApp number.
In a related development in Aruu County in Pader district, veteran politician Samuel Odonga Otto has also challenged the results of the recent parliamentary election after narrowly losing to the incumbent MP-elect, Christopher Komakech of the NRM party.
Odonga Otto polled 10,429 votes, while Komakech secured 10,455 votes, a margin of 26 votes.
Odonga Otto, who was seeking a return in the 12th Parliament, has since described the results as questionable and threatened to take legal action.
