Court has Friday nullified the election of Joyce Bagala Ntwantwa as the Women’s Representative for Mityana District following a petition by Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, who came second in the election.
Nabakooba petitioned Mubende High Court in March this year as she sought to overturn the victory of Bagala.
In her petition, Ms Nabakooba who came second in the January 14 elections after getting 48,078 votes accused the Electoral Commission (EC) and Ms Bagala (respondents) of conspiring to steal her victory.
Bagala won a hotly contested race with 64,305 votes
But in her petition received by Mr Godfrey Kaweesa, the Mubende High Court registrar on March 15, 2021, Ms Nabakooba alleged that the electoral commission officials failed to do their job thereby denying her victory.
The minister claimed that several presiding officers connived with Ms Bagala’s agents to alter Declaration Results forms to deny her victory.
She also accused Ms Bagala of bribing voters and using security operatives to intimidate her voters.
Court, has since ordered for fresh election.