(OTOGO/MUGWO, YEI RIVER COUNTY) – Former South Sudanese Ambassador to Belgium Emmanuel Lowila has won the SPLM primary election to become the party’s candidate for Otogo-Mugwo Constituency No. 8 in the National Legislative Assembly.
Lowila secured 102 votes, defeating long-serving lawmaker Paul Yoani Bonju, who received 88 votes, in Wednesday’s election held in Mugwo Payam.
Meanwhile, Dr. Agrey Cyrus Kanyigwa, who had been campaigning for the same seat, withdrew from the parliamentary race.
The Central Equatoria State electoral committee, whose officials are in Yei to oversee the SPLM primaries across the payams, is expected to issue an official statement on the overall results on Friday.
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