With Jinja attaining a city status effective 1st July 2020, a number of people have come out to express interest in the various elective offices.
The latest is former Kagoma county MP Dr. Wilberforce Frank Nabwiso who wants to contest for the new Mayoral seat on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket.
Sources at the FDC elections office in Najjanankumbi confirmed Dr. Nabwiso had picked both expression of interest (EOI) and nomination forms but was yet to return them.
The staunch Yoweri Museveni critic is one of the tens of thousands of political hopefuls that have expressed their interests to run for the various political offices come next year on the FDC ticket.
Nabwiso faces Mr. Meddy Mbentyo a District councilor in Jinja, Mr.Talugende Moses an accountant who have expressed interest in the FDC flag for the same seat.
Later, he could face NRM’s Robert Kanusu and the interim City Mayor Majid Batambuze among others.
Dr. Nabwiso will be the most senior leader in the mayoral race should former mayor turned Ambassador Mohammed Basware Kezaala decline to contest.
Residents hail him for being mature enough and dedicated to pioneer city leadership.
Jinja that first became a fishing village in 1907 later grew to a Municipality before attaining a city status on July 1, 2020.
The stakes are high with the scramble for elective positions dominating political talk in the area.
