Peter Mugema alias Panadol, the NRM candidate is the substantive legislator of Iganga Municipality constituency, Court of Appeal ruled Thursday.
Panadol was declared winner of 2016 elections but his rival Abed Nasser Mudyobole contested the results in Jinja High Court which would later annul the election.
Panadol rushed to Court of Appeal challenging the lower court’s ruling.
On Thursday, the Court of Appeal panel of three judges including the former Deputy chief justice Steven Kavuma,Cheborion Barisaki and Catherine Bamugemereire in a ruling read by the Deputy registrar Esther Nambayo said it was wrong for the lower court to overturn the election of Mugema.
“There was no evidence of relationship between Yasin Ngobi and the appellant(Mugema) who was found bribing voters,”the panel of judges ruled.
Adding that; “We have not found evidence to prove that despite being a party chairman,he was bound to be working for the appellant.”
