During the Constituent Assembly elections, several women vied for the conventional constituencies. They were all rejected hands down. All of them, except Bigombe, went back to the district woman representative seat and each was returned comfortably. If Kakande is looking for women of stature, socially qualified, politically experienced and economically endowed, I have given him a good crop. Thirdly, further contention is found at the grassroots.
People tell prospective women candidates to keep to their seat at the district.
They believe the other seats are for men only. The controversy gets deeper inside the august House. It seems that the women MPs cannot win whichever way you look at it. Let me leave Kakande with some food for thought. Over lunch with friends, one man observed that in many cases, women MPs have been more visible and motivated than their counterparts.