"In view of the foregoing, the commission under minute comp. 197 (a) 2020 resolved that candidate was ineligible to participate in the above-captioned nomination and accordingly, the commission reversed the decision of the Returning Officer Terego electoral district of nominating the Respondent” reads the letter addressed to Egama Sam Raxton Adrapi signed by the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama in part.
Electoral
Commission has denominated two candidates from the Terego East constituency
parliamentary race citing discrepancies in their documents. They are Martin Andua,
the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT candidate and Egama Sam Raxton
Adrapi, an independent.
The Terego
District Returning Officer officially the two copies of the denomination papers
from the Electoral Commission headquarters on Thursday morning. The decision to denominate the two candidates
stemmed from a petition by Emmanuel Candia, a concerned voter in Terego East
constituency who asked the commission to nullify their candidature saying the
names on their academic documents don’t match those on the voter's register.
According to
the Commission letter, Egama Sam Raxton Adrapi presented “O” and “A” level
documents in the names of Egama Sam Raxton while Andua Martin Drani presented
papers in the names of Andua Martin. A hearing was held at the EC headquarters
in Kampala on November 30th, 2020 with the candidates to hear their
side of the story.
The Commission indeed discovered discrepancies in the candidate's names.
"In view of
the foregoing, the commission under minute comp. 197 (a) 2020 resolved that
candidate was ineligible to participate in the above-captioned nomination and
accordingly, the commission reversed the decision of the Returning Officer Terego
electoral district of nominating the Respondent” reads the letter addressed to Egama
Sam Raxton Adrapi signed by the Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon
Byabakama in part.
Innocent Nyeko, the Terego Returning Officer acknowledged serving the two
candidates with copies of their denomination letters.
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Sam Egama told URN shortly after receiving the denomination letters that the
contested names are the ones he used in the 2016 elections. He wonders why the
same Commission that nominated him in 2016 is raising queries on his names.
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Martin Andua Drani, says the petitioner Emmanuel Candia was used by their
opponents, saying they will battle it out in court.
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The denomination of Martin Andua and Sam Egama comes a day after the
commission denominated two candidates from the Bududa Woman parliamentary
elections over the same grounds.
Agness Khainza Shiuma and Esther Wetsese Lois were
ejected following a petition by their rival, Justine Khainza citing variations
in names on the academic certificates, they presented for their nomination
and national voter’s register.
