Court Nullifies NUP’s Godfrey Ssaazi’s Election as Gomba East MP, Orders

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The High Court in Mpigi has nullified the election of National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Godfrey Ssaazi as Gomba East MP and ordered a fresh poll following a petition challenging his victory.

The petition was filed by National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Henry Kirumira Harris Kalule, who cited irregularities he argued undermined the credibility of the electoral process.

Ssaazi was declared the winner with 10,907 votes against Kalule’s 9,156, giving him a majority of 1,751 votes.

However, Justice Karemani found that votes from nine polling stations could not be established, leaving the electoral choices of 4,387 registered voters unknown.