Tag Archives: electoral commission

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal High Court has thrown out an application asking the Electoral Commission-EC to produce and present to court Biometric Voter Verification–BVV machines. The application was filed on Monday by Jackson Mbaju Kathika, the loser of the Busongora County MP election, in Kasese district. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has asked the High Court in Kampala to dismiss a petition challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe North member of Parliament. Ssegirinya defeated nine other candidates when he scored 41,197 votes against his closest challenger Sulaiman Kidandala who had 7,512 …

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyers of the Busongora South County Parliamentary seat loser have asked the High Court in Fort Portal to order the Electoral Commission-EC to present the biometric voter verification machines. Jackson Mbaju Kathika lost to Gideon Mujungu in the January elections. Mujungu of the National …

Mubende, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Mubende has directed Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba and her political rival Joyce Bagala to file issues that form the basis of their election petition for a speedy hearing. Bagala won the January 14 polls with a margin of 16,000 votes to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lady Justice Jeanne Rwakakooko of Fort Portal High court has asked the Electoral Commission to hire external lawyers to represent the commission in the ongoing election petitions. On Monday, the EC representative lawyer Samuel Kiriaghe prayed to court to re-schedule some of the petitions on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has deployed a team of 20 lawyers to tackle election petitions arising out of the recent general elections. In an interview with URN, the head of Litigation at the Electoral Commission Eric Sabiiti said that they received 182 complaints which include 155 …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lydia Wanyoto, the former National Resistance Movement-NRM Mbale City Woman parliamentary candidate has filed an application for leave of court to amend her petition against the victory of her rival, Connie Galiwango and the Electoral Commission. Appearing in closed Chambers at High Court in Mbale …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Nakawa West Parliamentary candidate Mukesh Babubhai Shukla has filed an application seeking permission to file an amended petition against his rival Joel Ssenyonyi, three months after filing the same before the High Court. Mukesh Babubhai Shukla, who came sixth in the just concluded …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The legal team of Joel Ssenyonyi, the Nakawa West Member of Parliament has protested a fresh election petition filed against their client. Ssenyonyi’s lawyers from Pace Advocates led by George Musisi, argue that the amended petition filed by Shukla Mukesh Babubhai on May 10, 2021, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On April 12, 2021, city lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the Electoral Commission demanding that he be availed with a copy of the constitution of the National Unity Platform-NUP. The party changed leadership in 2020 from Moses Nkonge …