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By Our reporter

Florence Andiru Nebanda who won the Butaleja Woman MP by-election was sworn in on Thursday afternoon at parliament.

The swearing in ceremony of Florence Nebanda  was witnessed by her mother Alice Namulwa Mukasa and many supporters from Butaleja district who camped outside parliament.

The young MP promised to carry on and complete the projects which were left incomplete by her late  sister  Cerina Nebanda who died in December last year and initiate others to help the people of Butaleja district,especially the youth and women.

” I am going to initiate projects to help the youth and women ,and complete all projects of  the late Cerina Nebanda” she said

Ms Andiru Nebanda emerged winner of the Butaleja by-election  after  scoring 27, 338 votes against her closet rival Ms Betty Hamba, an independent, who got 12, 157 votes.

Ms Sarah Annette Logose, an independent, was third with 3, 393 votes while Forum for Democratic Change’s Felistas Namwihiri got 3, 262 votes. Ms Perusi Munabi, an independent candidate, managed 1, 332 votes.