Jackie Namboga & Doreen Musingo
21 July 2011
Kagoma County MP Fredrick Mbagadhi Nkayi of (NRM) has lost his seat after court on Thursday nullified his election as ordered for fresh polls.
The petitioner, former MP Frank Nabwiso shed tears of joy after winning an election case against Mbagadhi.
The elderly MP, who was among the vocal opposition legislators in Seventh Parliament petitioned court over Nkayi’s victory in the February polls.
The electoral commission announced Nkayi as winner of the eleven-man race, beating Nabwiso, who was his closest rival with a difference of about 700 votes.
Jinja high court judge Lameck Mukasa ruled that Electoral Commission failed to conduct the polls in accordance with the electoral and Parliamentary laws.
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MP Mbagadhi Loses Seat