Bobi Wine withdraws election petition citing court bias
February 22, 2021 Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine
National Unity Platform (NUP) president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has announced the withdrawal of his election petition challenging President Yoweri Museveni s election victory last month citing bias of the Supreme court.
Kyagulanyi who filed the petition about two weeks ago, says the case will now be taken to the public court since Ugandan courts have failed to show that they are independent but instead continue to work for President Museveni.
He says the people of Uganda will have the final say. Earlier, Kyagulanyi complained about three justices on the panel of nine that was set up to determine his petition.
Daily Monitor
Sunday February 21 2021
Attorney General William Byaruhanga makes a submission during a hearing of Bobi Wine’s poll petition challenging President Museveni’s January 14 victory at the Supreme Court in Kampala on February 19. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, will in the coming days reach a decision on whether to go all the way with the petition he filed before the Supreme Court challenging President Museveni’s re-election on January 14 or to withdraw it from court, Sunday Monitor has learnt.
The filing of the petition has been a matter of controversy within Mr Kyagulanyi’s camp, and the Opposition leader hinted this week that he could withdraw it if Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and two other Justices of the Supreme Court do not recuse themselves from hearing the matter.
Kyagulanyi petition dealt another blow as court rejects new evidence
February 20, 2021 Kyagulanyi s lead lawyer Medard Sseggona
In a majority ruling of 8:1, justices of the Supreme court have declined to allow an application by former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu to file more evidence to support his petition challenging President Museveni’s victory in last month’s presidential election.
In a short ruling read by justice Percy Night Tuhaise, the Supreme court did not give any reasons for its ruling.
“We have given due consideration to the application and submission of counsel for the applicant and for the respondent, by a majority of 8:1 this court disallows this application. Costs shall be in the cause. Detailed reasons for the ruling will be contained in the detailed judgment,” Tuhaise said.
You can t intimidate us to rule in your favour, court tells Bobi Wine
February 19, 2021 Chief justice Owiny-Dollo
Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo has warned National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine that he can t intimidate or induce favours from the Supreme court to rule in his favour by blackmailing the judges.
Kyagulanyi petitioned the Supreme court to have President Yoweri Museveni s reelection annulled on grounds of violating various electoral laws including bribery, intimidation, vote-rigging, ballot stuffing, murders among others.
But on Tuesday this week, Kyagulanyi threatened to withdraw the case and take it to the public court, claiming the judges are biased towards him after they denied him the chance to file additional affidavits past the Sunday deadline. He also said he wanted the chief justice together with two other judges; Mike Chibita and Ezekiel Muhanguzi off the case say
Daily Monitor
Saturday February 20 2021
Summary
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and seven other judges; Dr Esther Kisaakye Kitimbo, Stella Arach-Amoko, Rubby Aweri Opio, Faith Essy Mwondha, Ezekiel Muhanguzi, Percy Night Tuhaise, and Mike Chibita dismissed Mr Kyagulanyi’s application.
This therefore means court will only allow the additional 50 affidavits that the NUP lawyers filed within the deadline on Sunday.
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The Supreme Court in Kampala has rejected former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s bid to file additional affidavits in support of his petition challenging the victory of President Museveni in the January 14 elections.
In an eight to one majority ruling Friday evening, justice night Percy Tuhaise dismissed the National Unity Platform (NUP)’s application that sought extra time to file his new affidavits.