By Rachael Najjuma
26h February 2021
Former Presidential Candidate Willy Mayambala has been advised to seek the services of a lawyer to file a formal application to take over a presidential election petition filed by his Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.
The advice from the Supreme Court follows a letter written by Mayambala on Thursday seeking to be guided on how he can take over the petition which Kyagulanyi was withdrawing from the court after failing to submit several affidavits which they had collected from various parts of the country, as proof that the election cycle was characterized by violence, bribery, alteration of results, and intimidation, among others..
However in the litter by the Registrar of the Supreme Court Harriet Nalukwago Ssali she has advised Mayambala to seek the services of a lawyer with a view of filing a formal application but Mayambala says he hasn’t seen the said letter.
Mayambala who polled the least votes in a race that attracted 11 candidates had previously said that he was happy with the outcome of the January 14, 2021, general elections that saw the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni announced the winner with 68 per cent. He said that he had no intentions of challenging the Electoral Commission results issued by Justice Simon Byabakama.
When Kyagulanyi filed his application for withdrawing on Wednesday, a panel of nine Supreme Court Justices led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo advised him to submit an affidavit from one of his lawyers supporting the withdrawal.
The Registrar of the Supreme Court will now publish a copy of the application in the Uganda Gazette, in line with the laws governing the withdrawal of presidential election petitions.
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