Daily Monitor
Tuesday February 09 2021
NUP president Robert Kyagulanyi delivers his new year address at his residence in Magere, Wakiso District, January 02, 2021. PHOTO | ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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The Supreme Court is sitting today to hear an application by former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, seeking leave to amend the election petition he filed last week challenging the victory of the incumbent President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
A panel of nine Justices led by the Chief Justice, Alfonse Owiny Dollo, have convened to hear the application to be presented by Kyagulanyi s lawyers led by Medard Lubega Ssegona.
Also present in court are the respondents in the case who include; the Attorney General, William Byaruhanga, and his legal team, Museveni s lawyers Kiryowa Kiwanuka and Ebert Byenkya as well as the Electoral Commission s legal team.