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NUP Bukedea Woman MP aspirant Florence Asio misses nomination; NUP says she was abducted, she says she withdrew

Electoral Malpractice Disputed Bukedea 2025 (month not reported) Severity: 4/5

According to ChimpReports, NUP aspirant Florence Asio, who intended to run against Speaker Anita Among for the Bukedea District Woman MP seat, did not appear on nomination day, and Among was nominated unopposed. NUP said Asio and members of her campaign team were abducted on the way to the nomination venue, and accused Speaker Among of being behind it. In a later video Asio said she had not been kidnapped and had withdrawn because of family pressure; NUP Secretary General Lewis Rubongoya said on publication the video was recorded under coercion and that her whereabouts were unknown.

Disputed: NUP says its Bukedea Woman MP aspirant Florence Asio was abducted on the way to nomination; Asio says she withdrew from the race.

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