The people of the Kalangala district are preparing for the by-election to fill the seat of the woman MP for that district after the former woman MP, Hellen Nakimuli, lost her life after a short illness.

Other candidates around the district are already preparing for this by-election and will undergo registration today, the 10th, and tomorrow, the 11th, of this month.

Yesterday the leaders in the NRM party, led by National Vice Chairperson Dr. Rosemary Nansubuga Sseninde, were in the Kalangala Islands to meet NRM leaders and agree upon fronting Nabayigga Aida as flag bearer after the newly elected member of parliament died recently, leaving the position vacant.

Their meeting took place at one of the hotels in the area, and the MP for Bujumba County, Hon. Willy Lugoloobi, asked the party leaders to offer every kind of support needed in order to increase her chances of winning.

The RDC Fred Badda asked those coming from Kampala to obey the rules that were put in place to prevent Ebola,, especially when they board boats or ferries, because they don’t want the disease to spread.

Dr. Rosemary Nansubuga Sseninde, a leader in NRM who came to campaign for Aida, comforted the people of Kalangala over the loss of their child Hellen Nakimuli. She said they were working well together even if she was on the opposing side and encouraged the people of this district to vote for NRM’s Aida this time.

Kinobe, commonly known as Ambassador Kinobe said this election is to be taken seriously so as to redeem the NRM Power in Kalangala and asked people to unwaveringly support Aida comes at voting time

Nabayigga Aida, the candidate for NRM in Kalangala, asked the members of her party to be united in order for the party to secure the win.

She points out one of the challenges being the many scattered islands in Kalangala, which makes it difficult to reach them, and she asks the party leaders to support her.