Two candidates who had come for nominations at Bukedea district headquarters this morning were turned down by the electoral commission officials due to irregularities in their papers.
Those sent away included, David Stephen Omagor and Henry Aleko both contesting as independent for the newly created county of Kachumbala.
The district returning officer, Naduli Ahmed Musisi, sent the duo after he found gaps in their academic papers.
Naduli said that he sent away Aleko after he found out that he did not have approved payments of nomination fees from Uganda Revenue Authority much as he had bank payment slip for Stanbic.
We could not nominate him because the guidelines are very clear. We shall nominate him tomorrow if he clears that with URA,” Naduli said.
Meanwhile, David Omagor was also sent away due to lack of original academic papers. Naduli said that much as Omagor had all things right, he did not carry original certificates of his academic qualifications.
“As EC, we had to send him also away to go and bring the originals. He can also be nominated tomorrow,” Naduli explained.
