On Thursday, the High Court in Mbarara for the second time threw out an application filed by Kamukama, seeking to block the nomination of her rival, Jenifer Muheesi as the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate for the Kazo District Woman parliamentary seat.
The State Minister for Economic Monitoring Molly Kamukama has been
nominated to contest as an independent candidate for the Kazo Woman MP seat.
On Thursday, the High Court in Mbarara for the second time threw out
an application filed by Kamukama, seeking to block the nomination of her rival,
Jenifer Muheesi as the National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidate for the
Kazo District Woman parliamentary seat.
Kamukama had returned to court seeking a temporary injunction stopping her
rival’s nomination on grounds that her main application seeking to nullify
Muheesi’s victory in the primaries would be rendered useless if she goes
through with the nominations.
Kamukama ran to court after the Kazo District NRM Registrar, Joseph Ndibarema
declared Muheesi winner of Kazo woman MP flag after polling 16,802 votes
against Kamukama’s 16,715 votes.
She rejected the poll results and petitioned the NRM Electoral Commission
Chairperson, Dr. Tanga Odoi for a fresh tally.
The tally confirmed Muheesi’s victory prompting Kamukama to petition court to
cancel the poll results on grounds that the exercise was marred with
irregularities and voter bribery.
Kamukama, shortly after her nomination said that her going to
court is not defying the NRM party but fighting for her justice and people's
right to vote rightly.
