Simon Lokodo, the Ugandan Minister for Ethics who pushed to try and reintroduce the ‘Kill the Gays’ bill has lost his seat in primary elections.
Lokodo was challenged for his Dodoth West County seat, which he has held since 2006, by Baatom Ben Koryang, who is also a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
Local media reports that Koryang emerged victorious in the primary with 2,962 votes, ahead of Lokodo’s 2,632. The NRM held primary elections in the past week to select candidates for the upcoming 2021 general election.
The party currently holds 293 seats out of 426 in Uganda’s parliament. During his career, Lokodo has held the position of Minister for Industry and Technology and Minister for Ethics, and it’s the latter role for