Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sulaiman Kidandala, the former Kawempe North parliamentary candidate has dropped his appeal challenging the victory of his jailed rival, Muhammad Ssegirinya. He communicated the decision through his lawyers of Alaka and Company Advocates in the February 17th 2022 letter to the Court of Appeal Registrar, …
Read More »Kidandala wants court to force Kitalya prison to produce visitor’s books in petition against Ssegirinya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sulaiman Kidandala, the former Kawempe North Parliamentary candidate has filed an application seeking an order to recover the visitor’s book at Kitalya Prison to confirm that he served his rival, Muhammad Ssegirinya with his election petition. The Electoral Commission, Felix Mugiya, the Deputy Officer in …
Read More »Electoral Commission asks court to dismiss petition against Ssegirinya
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 …
Read More »High Court allows Kidandala to serve Ssegirinya in Kitalya prisons
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has allowed the lawyers of Sulaiman Kidandala, the first runner up in Kawempe North parliamentary elections to serve his rival, Muhammad Ssegirinya in Kitalya prisons. Kidandala is seeking to overturn Ssegirinya’s victory in the January 14, 2021 polls on grounds that he used …
Read More »Ssegirinya belongs to prison, not parliament – Kidandala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former parliamentary candidate Sulaiman Kidandala not only wants the court to declare that Muhammad Ssegirinya was not validly elected, but also find him guilty of committing electoral offences. In his petition filed before the High Court in Kampala, Kidandala who was the runner up in …
Read More »Mao drags rival to court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party-DP leadership under Norbert Mao has run to court to challenge a recent order that paved way for the election of a parallel National Executive Committee. On March 9th 2020, DP members opposed to Mao’s leadership led by Rajab Ssenkubuge secured an order …
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