The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kayunga District has dismissed two separate election petitions that sought vote recounts in the recently concluded parliamentary elections, upholding the victories of Harriet Nakwedde and Fred Baseke.

In the first case, the court dismissed a petition filed by Jackline Birungi, who challenged the election of Harriet Nakwedde as the District Woman Member of Parliament for Kayunga.

Nakwedde was declared the winner after securing 20,753 votes, ahead of incumbent Idah Erios Nantaba, who garnered 16,138 votes.

Birungi came third with 15,790 votes, while Margret Nabirye and Agatha Nalubwama received 3,648 and 9,237 votes, respectively.

Birungi had petitioned the court seeking a recount of votes, claiming irregularities in the tallying process.

She alleged that ten ballot boxes were disregarded and argued that, based on Declaration of Results (DR) forms in her possession, the inclusion of those boxes would have given her the victory by a margin of approximately ten votes.

The second petition was filed by Patrick Nsanja of the National Unity Platform (NUP), who contested the victory of Fred Baseke of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Ntenjeru South County.

Nsanja accused Baseke of conspiring with the Electoral Commission (EC) to alter vote tallies and fraudulently declare Baseke the winner, despite Nsanja’s camp alleging that DR forms collected from polling stations showed him leading.

Baseke was declared the winner with 14,104 votes, while Nsanja received 13,150 votes.

Other candidates in the race included Muzamiru Kilwana, who secured 373 votes, and Badru Mukiibi, who garnered 2,098 votes.

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