Hoima Court Throws Out Ampaire Recount Petition Over Ballot Tampering in National Female Youth MP Race

National Female Youth MP Saga!! Court trashes Diana Kampe’s vote recount calls, upholds Kanyesigye’s youth election victory - The Witness Uganda

Close to 12.30am on Wednesday morning, the Chief Magistrates Court in Hoima, a district in the western part of Uganda reaffirmed the decision of the electoral commission, declaring Ms Mercy Kanyesigye the victorious candidate in the National Female Youth MP race. Kanyesigye won Diana Ampaire Kampe and several others, in an election held earlier this month at the just completed Hoima National Stadium. However, Diana Ampaire Kampe lodged a complai…

Hoima Court Throws Out Ampaire Recount Petition Over Ballot Tampering in National Female Youth MP Race

The Hoima Chief Magistrate Court, presided over by His Worship George Kunihira, has dismissed the vote recount petition filed by the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s Diana Ampaire in the recently concluded National Female Youth MP race, after finding that ballot materials had been tampered with. In his brief ruling delivered on Tuesday night, His Worship Kunihira said the court had examined the integrity of the ballot materials, including ba…