Nattabi Margaret, a student of veterinary medicine at Makerere University was yesterday crowned the NUP party flag bearer for the 89th guild contest in a tight three horse race held at Makerere Kavule.
Partisan politics were outlawed by the University administration citing the death of a UCU student Bewatte Betungura who was killed during campaign violence last year.
The NUP students chapter at Makerere has however relied on the constitutional provision of Article 29 that permits all Ugandans a right to political association. In that regard, they went on to hold their primaries off campus premises after security with aid of the university administration sabotaged their efforts to hold peaceful flag bearer polls.
In the polls held yesterday, Margaret Nattabi, a foster daughter to Mukono municipality MP Betty Nambooze garnered 86 votes out of the 209 votes casted, beating her closet rival Luyombya Kelvin Joshua with a difference of 40 votes. Maseruka Robert came third with 37 votes while Kabuulwa Muzafaluh came fourth with 36 votes.
Nattabi will therefore hold the NUP flag in the forthcoming NUP Guild Elections as the party looks forward to producing its fifth guild president in a row.
Makerere University will hold elections on April 14th in which students will vote for a new guild president to succeed the outgoing president Alionzi Lawrence alias Dangote.
