Leku James Pili was declared winner of National Resistance Movement (NRM) primaries for the Adjumani West Constituency, by-election.
Leku garnered 9,336, equivalent to 37.2 percent, against six other candidates in Thursday’s party primaries conducted through Universal adult sufferage.
He was closely followed by former Adjumani District Chairperson, Anyama Ben, who garnered 9,152 votes, equivalent to 36.4 percent.
While declaring the results, Adjumani District NRM Election Officer, Chanddimale Amos, noted that a total of 25,130 party members participated in the exercise.
At exactly 7:10 P.M, Chandimale declared Leku James Pili.
Pili secured highest number of votes across the 5 sub counties, including a town council, of Adjumani West Constituency.
Other candidates in the election included Izale Daniel who got 3,923 votes (15.6 percent), Kassim Ali, the son of late General Moses Ali who received 96 votes, Mawadri Justine who got 1,424 votes, Obuni Richard Madrara who received 915 votes and Owole Nixon who got 284 votes.
For about three hours, officials from NRM Electoral Commission conducted tallying of the election results in boardroom of Resident District Commissioner’s office in Adjumani District, where the winner was also announced.
Juliana Modesta Auma, a commissioner on the NRM Electoral Commission, urged all the candidates to embrace unity regardless of the election results and encouraged them to rally behind the winner ahead of the by-election.
She also announced that the party will hold a joint meeting with all the contestants on Friday to discuss the election and way forward .
The Electoral Commission has scheduled Adjumani West Constituency parliamentary by-election for 17 September 2026. The election be conducted to replace former area MP and Deputy Prime Minister, the late General Moses Ali, who died on July 18, 2026-URN. Give us feedback on this story through our email: kamwokyatimes@gmail.com
