KAMPALA – Yakubu Mayanja Musaazi has been nominated by the Electoral Commission to carry the flag of the Alliance for National transformation (ANT) party in the race for Kampala Lord Mayor.
Mayanja, 21, who was nominated at the electoral offices in Ntinda, said he is ready to help uplift young people when he becomes Kampala lord mayor.
He said he has been learning from the elders who have occupied the office for many years and he is ready to oust them so that he provides better solutions for the problems affecting the people of Kampala.
Among those who were duly nominated for the lord mayor is the incumbent Erias Lukwago, who is representing the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, NRM’s Daniel Kazibwe also known as Raga Dee, the National Unity Party’s flag bearer, Nabilah Naggayi Ssempala and Joseph Mayanja, aka Jose Chameleon, who was nominated as an Independent candidate after losing the NUP flag.
A banker, Ben Lule, was nominated to contest for the same position of Lord Mayor bringing the number of independent candidates in the race to four.