The Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, has blamed her defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections on alleged interference by Speaker of Parliament Anitah Among.
Appearing on Voice of Lango on Monday night, Amongi claimed that her Lira City MP seat was lost to fellow minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, the Health Minister and incumbent Lira City Woman MP due to orchestrated vote manipulation and undue influence.
Amongi alleged that the Speaker mobilised over 1000 UPDF soldiers who moved allover polling stations to ensure that they scare voters and she failed at the polls.
She claimed that soldiers ticked thousands of ballots for Aceng across several polling areas and that the Speaker brought over ten buses of people and cash to sway voters, stating.
"The Speaker of Parliament mobilized soldiers to ensure that I failed adding that she came to Lango with Shs 4.2 billion. On Wednesday, prior to the Thursday elections, she arrived with more than ten buses of people to help distribute money and to assist in ticking ballots." - Furious Betty Amongi stated.
