NUP wins Makerere Guild polls

For a sixth time in a row, the opposition National Unity Platform party has dominated the Makerere University guild race.

Robert Maseruka, a third year student of Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication was on Friday declared winner of Makerere University guild race after beating eight other contestants.

Maseruka, a former speaker of Nsibirwa hall was endorsed as National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate at last hour following the disqualification of the party candidate Margret Nattabi.

Mr Maseruka garnered 2,558 votes in the online voting exercise that ended Friday evening with him being declared winner by Mr Levi Tshilumba, the chairperson of the electoral commission. His closest contender, Mr Hillary Oremo Odwee managed to pocket 2,531 votes.

The other contestants were Sabiiti Akankunda who got 2334, Julius Birigwa with 11 votes, Baraka Nkoyooyo who got 841 votes and Mark Ssebunya who clinched 53 votes.

Others are Evans Murungi who got 189, Emmanuel Wanyama who scored 180 and Andrew Lubinga Ssemakula who got 186.
Maseruka has been a guild representative councilor of school of Languages, Literature and Communication in the outgoing 88th guild government.The former is replacing Alionzi Lawrence aka Dangote who served as the 88th Guild President