Daily Monitor
Friday February 12 2021
Bobi Wine’s lead lawyer Medard Sseggona (right) engages Attorney General William Byaruhanga (seated) and other counsels (left to right) Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Edwin Karugire, Joseph Matsiko and Elison Karuhanga at the pre-trial of the presidential poll petition at the Supreme Court in Kampala, February 2021. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA.
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Mr Museveni also submits that his re-election for the sixth term, that will take his reign to 40 years, was conducted in accordance with the electoral laws and therefore he was validly elected.
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The Supreme Court has given just two hours and 20 minutes to all the four parties to the presidential petition to make oral submissions for or against the suit filed by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, who is challenging President Museveni’s election victory.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 10 2021
A photomontage of Mr Robert Kyagulanyi (right) and his lawyers led by Busiro County East MP Medard Sseggona (seated, left) consulting during the hearing of an application by the former presidential candidate seeking to amend an earlier poll petition at the Supreme Court in Kampala yesterday. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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Dismissed: Supreme Court judges say National Unity Platform leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s application to amend the poll petition and include new grounds did not have new information.
Court ruled that the issues Mr Kyagulanyi’s team intended to add to the petition had already been included in the original petition.
Daily Monitor
Sunday January 31 2021
NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi is blocked by security operatives from accessing Kasese Town where he was scheduled to address a campaign rally on November 25 last year.PHOTO/FILE
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National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has notified the Supreme Court that he will file a petition challenging the re-election of President Museveni tomorrow, the Judiciary has confirmed.
This will be the fourth time President Museveni’s election will be challenged, the previous occasions being 2001, 2006 and 2016.
Commenting about the development, Judiciary spokesperson Jameson Karemani said: “It is true Mr Kyagulanyi’s lawyers had written to the court to allow them to file their petition today (Saturday) but the Chief Justice advised that they file it on Monday.”