In the petition, Nyanzi states that the process and counting of the votes were marred by malpractices and irregularities committed by both the Electoral Commission officials and Nsereko's agents.
The former Kampala Central MP Candidate Fred Nyanzi has petitioned
the Mengo Chief Magistrates Court seeking for a vote recount.
Nyanzi who was contesting on the National Unity Platform-NUP was
defeated by the incumbent and independent candidate Muhammad Nsereko who got
16,998 votes against Nyanzi’s 15,975.
National Resistance Movement’s Babu Cedric Ndilima got 10,746
votes and Forum for Democratic Change candidate Harold Kaija 1,679 votes.
In the petition, Nyanzi states that the voting process and counting of
the votes were marred by malpractices and irregularities committed by
both the Electoral Commission officials and Nsereko's agents.
He accuses some of the presiding officers of denying his agents
access to voting areas. He singled different polling stations that include
Summit View, Nakasero 1 and 2, Hoima Flats among others. He adds that the declaration forms were never
signed by his agents because they had been blocked.
Nyanzi also accuses Nsereko and his agents for altering the
declaration of result forms and destroying original copies of the forms among
others. He further accuses of Nsereko for conniving with presiding
officers to alter and manipulate forms.
Some of the polling stations that Nyanzi wants recounting repeated
include Balikudembe Primary School, KCC Primary School polling stations, Seroma
Parking Yard, All saints, Martin Road, Old Kampala SS, National Theatre,
Nakivubo Road, Basajjabala Taxi Park, Kampala Library, Bombo Road among others.
Nyanzi’s lawyer George Musisi says due to malpractices and irregularities
his client was wrongfully denied his victory.
