MP wins election in Uganda while in prison

A Ugandan lawmaker was on Wednesday declared winner of a parliamentary by-election despite cooling his heels in detention during voting and counting of votes in a chaotic polling exercise. Independent candidate Kassiano Wadri was declared winner of the Arua Municipality seat despite being in detention some 200km away in Gulu District alongside his main campaignerMore

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