The directive by Mutabazi was challenged in the Courts of law by seven applicants who in total filed four separate applications against Mutabazi as individual, UCC and the Attorney General.
The security at the grave side briefly blocked Bobi Wine and his accomplices from accessing the burial ground on the said orders of the Omoro Resident District Commissioner Andrew Onyuk, but they were later allowed.
The former presidential candidate said that several politicians in the country are taking advantage of the demise of former Speaker Jacob Oulanyah to create hatred, especially between the Acholi and Buganda.
Eddie Mutwe was later given bail after spending some months on remand and was later re-arrested recently on December 30th 2020 from Kalangala District on allegations of illegal possession of ammunition and he has since then been in jail at Kitalya Government's Prison.
“….We act on behalf of Mr. Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu on whose instructions we address you as follows; Our client has instructed us to file the above presidential election petition on his behalf. Although the deadline for filing is Monday 1st, February 2021, we wish to file the petition Saturday the 30th day of January 2021 by 2 pm to avoid any eventuality,” reads the letter in part.
According to the Judge, due process here means that if Kyagulanyi had any offense that he had committed, he should have been arrested, taken to police and produced to any Magistrates Court to be charged which has not been the case here.
The lawyers from five law firms led by Wameli and Company Advocates, filed their application against the Attorney General, the Chief of Defense Forces and the Inspector General of Police. The other law firms are Pace and company Advocates, Muwada and Company Advocates, Kiwanuka, Kanyango and Company Advocates and Fred Kalule and Company Advocates.
Kyagulanyi had earlier suspended his campaign following the death of his bodyguard Frank Senteza on Sunday. The campaign trail resumed on Wednesday with a series of meetings planned in the island district of Kalangala.
Addressing thousands of his supporters at Koboko Boma grounds this morning, Kyagulanyi noted that despite the fact that Dr. Ayume belongs to the ruling NRM he is a young man who has suffered the same challenges like him.
The Office of the Spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) Secretary General has called on security forces in Uganda to act in a manner that respects human rights and the principle of the rule of law.
The crowds kept growing and became uncontrollable at Awindiri, about one kilometer from Arua town as more people joined the procession from Oli in Arua central division. The NUP supporters chanted slogans in support of their candidate.
Kyagulanyi accused the police of exhibiting double standards. He says that President Museveni’s supporters were on Monday allowed to carry out processions.
Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson Patrick Onyango defended the police after images started circulating on social media showing men dressed in a replica of the Police Uniform, defacing campaign posters along the Kampala-Entebbe Highway and within the Kampala Central Business District.
Sebaggala, 72, suffered a cardiac arrest, a few weeks after undergoing surgery for intussusception, a condition in which one segment of intestine inverts within another, causing an intestinal obstruction. He was admitted at International Hospital Kampala, on September 7, after collapsing in a bathroom at his home in Munyonyo.
Ssekaana said that since the election process has already started and is still ongoing, issuing an interim injunction may bring political confusion. The Judge later promised to hear the main case soon for which he fixed for September 18 2020.
Mabirizi objected saying that he is worried because the case may flop and that the State Attorneys who were in court did not have Instructions from the DPP to take over the matter.
