Uganda: Kitara Petitions Court to Nullify MP Norbert Mao's Election

Uganda: Kitara Petitions Court to Nullify MP Norbert Mao's Election

[Independent (Kampala)] Gulu -- The election of Laroo-Pece Division Member of Parliament Norbert Mao is being challenged in the High Court in Gulu, with petitioner Tonny Kitara alleging widespread electoral irregularities that he says affected the outcome of the January 2026 polls. In the petition, in which the Electoral Commission is listed as the second respondent, Kitara accuses both Mao, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, a…

Minister Mao’s parliamentary victory challenged

GULU: The High Court in Gulu has received an election petition challenging the victory of Laroo-Pece Division Member of Parliament, also Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao. The petition, filed by former parliamentary candidate Tonny Kitara Tonny, seeks to nullify the election results declared by the Electoral Commission following the January 15th, 2026 polls. Kitara, who garnered 2,867 votes, alleges that Minister Mao, …

Kitara petitions court to nullify MP Norbert Mao’s election

Gulu, Uganda | URN | The election of Laroo-Pece Division Member of Parliament Norbert Mao is being challenged in the High Court in Gulu, with petitioner Tonny Kitara alleging widespread electoral irregularities that he says affected the outcome of the January 2026 polls. In the petition, in which the Electoral Commission is listed as the second …