The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed an election appeal filed by the former Ntoroko District Woman Member of Parliament Jennifer Mujungu against her rival Anne Mary Tumwine.
The court comprised Justices Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Stephen Musota, and Christopher Gashirabake today dismissed the appeal on grounds of lack of sufficient evidence to support her claims.
They dismissed the appeal with orders that each party bears its own costs in a judgment.
Hon. Mujungu petitioned the High Court in Fort Portal accusing Ms Tumwine of lack of minimum academic qualifications, and voter bribery, and that her nomination was not in conformity with the law.
Fort Portal High Court Judge Jesse Byaruhanga dismissed her petition with costs for lack of sufficient evidence. Mujungu through her lawyers James Byamukama and Jude Byamukama challenged it in the Court of Appeal in Kampala.
The court indicated that whereas Mujungu had alleged that Tumwine had bribed voters by giving them food and second-hand shoes, the available evidence is that the members of Parliament in the area had been invited to witness the handover of food and other COVID-19 relief items given by Reach the World for Christ on December 23rd, 2020.
Hon. Tumwine who welcomed the ruling thanked God for the ruling that has energized her to do more to deliver to her electorates. Hon. Tumwine…..
She however calls for the unity of Ntoroko despite their political differences. END
