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Mbale NRM mayoral candidate accuses Deputy RCC of intimidating supporters; RCC denies

Electoral Malpractice Disputed Mbale 27 Jan 2026 Severity: 2/5

NRM flag bearer for Mbale Industrial City Division mayor Abdallah Madoi accused Deputy RCC Hamza Banja of intimidating his supporters at Namalogo polling station and of ordering beatings of agents in Kibiniko, Tsabanyanya and Namatala. Locals at the station demanded that the Deputy RCC leave. Banja dismissed the allegations.

Disputed: The NRM mayoral candidate accuses the Deputy RCC of intimidating supporters; the Deputy RCC denies it.

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