By our Writer
KAMPALA
With the parliamentary seat of Kawempe North only running for a few months and with the Electoral Commission already gazetted Hon Nalukoola Luyimbazi, NRM’s Faridah Nambi saw it wise to withdraw her petition seeking a vote recount.
Nambi had petitioned the Kawempe Chief Magistrate’s Court to recount the votes after the National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Nalukoola Luyimbazi was declared the winner of the election.
But in a turn of events, in a March 25 letter to the Kawempe Chief Magistrate, Nambi, through her lawyers Atwijukire Dennis Advocates, stated that the petition seeking a vote recount had been overtaken by events.
Nambi’s legal team explained that the Electoral Commission had already gazetted the results of the Kawempe North by-election, declaring Nalukoola Luyimbazi as the winner, and as such, the petition was no longer relevant.
Other insiders say Nambi’s team thought that fighting for a few months Hon Nalukoola is going to spend in the house was wasting resources which can be utilized for aiming again in 2026.
“We have instructions from the applicant to withdraw the above application. The Electoral Commission has already gazetted Mr Elias Nalukoola and so the application has been overtaken by events,” the letter reads.
The Electoral Commission on Monday, March 24, officially gazetted the results of the Kawempe North by-election the previous day, confirming Nalukoola Luyimbazi as the winner of the seat.
Ms Nambi last week told the nation while appearing on elections.
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