NUP Kamwenge Woman MP candidate alleges Shs300m offer from 'state operatives' to quit race

Patience Atuhaire, the National Unity Platform candidate for Kamwenge District Woman MP, told a press meeting at NUP headquarters that unidentified people she called "state operatives" offered her Shs300 million to withdraw from the race. NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya said the party has recorded several cases of its candidates being paid to step aside or defect to the NRM. According to Nile Post, the Electoral Commission had not commented, and the NRM has in the past denied bribery accusations.