Daily Monitor
Tuesday January 26 2021
Summary
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.