The seat fell vacant after the Court of Appeal ruled that the incumbent, Mr Derrick Orone, was irregularly elected following a petition by his rival, Mr Issa Taligola
Daily Monitor
Saturday March 13 2021
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Other candidates included Mr Francis Mukula [Ind] who polled 3687 votes, Mr Gerald Bonna [Ind] who got 699 votes, Mr Sam Ourumu [Ind] got 464 votes and Mr Michael Emuron [Ind] polled 167 votes
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The magistrate’s court in Pallisa has ordered the Gogonyo County parliamentary contestant, Mr Issa Bantalib Taligola [Ind] to pay Shs16m as costs of a case he lost to his rival.
Mr Taligola had petitioned court seeking a vote recount for the January 14 elections where he polled 6,214 votes to emerge second after Mr Derrick Orone, the National Resistance Movement candidate who got 6,280 votes.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 26 2021
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Mr Taligola claims that the judgment “was not fair” further stating, “This honorable court didn’t consider looking at alternated figures presented.”
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The Chief Magistrate’s Court in Pallisa district has dismissed a court application that was seeking a vote recount for the Gogonyo constituency Parliamentary elections held on January 14.
The Petition was filed by Mr Issa Bantalib Taligola (Independent) who polled 6,214 votes to emerge second behind Mr Derrick Orone, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidate who emerged winner with 6,280 votes.
Other candidates in the race included, Mr Francis Mukula (Independent) who polled 3,687 votes, Mr Gerald Bonna (Independent) who polled 699 votes; Mr Sam Ourumu (Independent) polled 464 votes while Mr Micheal Emuron (Independent) obtained 167 votes.