By Kezekiah Mbogo Jr
Five people have shown interest and are warming up for a political contest in Budaka County MP seat a head of the 2021 parliamentary elections. They include Arthur Wako Mboizi, John Musede, Moses Mwesi, Joshua Kasibo and the incumbent Kezekiah Mbogo. The incumbent, however, maintains that he still needs time to consolidate the achievements made during his first term in different areas like education, health and social-economic transformation of the constituency. Mbogo, a professional teacher and proprietor of Highlight Secondary school-Kadama and Highlight Junior [Naboa], has served for two terms on the National Resistance Movement [NRM] ticket. “The Constituency is on course with various development projects on-going.These achievements have to be consolidated without being antagonized by self-political seekers,” Mbogo said.
> In 2016 and 2011 parliamentary elections, Mbogo (standing on NRM ticket) overwhelmingly trounced his rivals because of his well articulated agenda. “What makes me outcompete my rivals is because what I promised during campaigns have to be addressed and more are board,” he boosted.
> However, the former LC5 Chairman Arthur Wako Mboizi who double as the district NRM chairperson says his intention to stand for Budaka County is because of poor service delivery that the county has experienced in the last 10 years of Kezekiah Mbogo’s representation. “The people of Budaka County are totally orphans because their person [MP] who is supposed to represent them in Parliament has done little to offer better service delivery. People are just reeling in an extreme poverty with little support from the current MP,” Mboizi exclaimed. He added that: “People need effective service delivery but not political jokers.” Mboizi in 2016 elections stood for Budaka LC5 seat but lost to Sam Mulomi and is now tactfully relocating to Budaka County MP Seat. Joshua Kasibo, a two-time contender against the incumbent [Mbogo] in 2011 and 2016, says Budaka County has “eaten dry bones” because of poor representation. “There is nothing the people of Budaka County can boost about. Instead this time round they have to find an alternative by electing a new person to steer the constituency to greater heights. All the good leadership credentials are with me,” he said. Moses Mwesi, who also stood two times but lost out to the incumbent, says that his vision is to promote unity in the entire Bugwere community, noting that the political divisionism being experienced constrain development. “Politics has divided the people in Budaka County and the district in general.These are paramount issues that we need to address if entrusted with authority because the current situation is not so good for the future generations,” he said.
