Voter Runs To High Court
A frustrated voter in Masaka district has dragged the Bukoto Central Constituency MP-elect to the high court over gross irregularities.
Martin Henry Bazzanya, a builder and local businessman has petitioned the High court to nullify the recently concluded that saw Richard Ssebamala emerge winner against incumbent and Vice president, Edward Ssekandi.
Ssebamala who ran on the Democratic Party-DP, ticket defeated Ssekandi with 9,916 votes against 4,902 votes.
In his petition,Bazzanya cites irregularities and electoral offenses during campaigns contrary to the laws governing Parliamentary Election.
Voter Runs To High Court
He also claims the Electoral commission-EC erred by accepting faulty nomination forms that failed to show the voter location slip, which he alleges was forged.
He argues that Ssebamala lied to the Electoral Commission about his polling station when he erroneously placed himself at Luvunja Playground polling station in Kyesiiga Sub County yet in the actual sense, he is a voter at St. Modesta Primary School Bisanje, which is located in the Kimanya-Kabonera division in Masaka city.
Bazzanya also says Ssebamala was not validly elected because his agents with his full knowledge and consent committed several illegalities and electoral offenses.
He now wants Masaka High court to overturn Ssebamala’s election and order the Electoral Commission to organize fresh polls in Bukoto Central Constituency.
Ssebamala could not be reached for comment but Moses Ssekindu one of his campaign agents has described the allegations as baseless and fabrication by desperate politicians.
He argues that the petitioner is an unknown in the constituency whose election results he is challenging.
