In the news making headlines this morning, Court of Appeal has finally made a judgement on the long awaited appeal lodged by Mityana Women MP Joyce Bagala Ntwatwa to retain her seat which was being challenged by Minister Judith Nabakooba.
On 22 October last year, the high court in Mubende ruled in favor of Nabakooba and ordered fresh elections which Bagala challenged in the court of appeal. In the lower court, the lands minister accused the former NBS news manager of intimidating her agents, invalidation of her valid votes and also giving out pre ticked ballots to voters.
However, Nabakooba will have to wait for the next election to return to parliament after court of appeal confirmed Bagala as the duly elected women MP of Mityana district.
JUST IN: The Court of Appeal has confirmed Joyce Bagala as the duly elected Mityana Woman MP. #NTVNews
The court has overturned the High Court decision that had nullified Bagala's win on grounds of bribery. Her election win was challenged by Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba. pic.twitter.com/si2200GDIO
— NTV UGANDA (@ntvuganda) June 24, 2022
In the 2021 general elections, NRM’s Minister Nabakooba polled 48,322 votes against NUP’s Joyce Bagala’s Bagala 64,305 votes and the other candidate was Nabalisa Brenda who garnered 1515.
Bagala becomes the second NUP Mps to be confirmed by the court of appeal after Bukomansimbi North’s Christine Ndiwalana who was confirmed last month.
In other news from the court of appeal, a retrial has been ordered in the election petition case in which Bobi Wine’s elder brother Fred Nyanzi Ssentamu was challenging the election of Muhammed Nsereko in Kampala Central.
JUST IN: The Court of Appeal has ordered for a retrial of the Ssentamu Nyanzi Vs Muhammad Nsereko petition for the Kampala Central parliamentary seat, before the high court . #NTVNews pic.twitter.com/GBlVBWnjTL
— NTV UGANDA (@ntvuganda) June 24, 2022
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