NUP demands release of supporters arrested over Museveni inauguration
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Daily Monitor
Sunday February 21 2021
Attorney General William Byaruhanga makes a submission during a hearing of Bobi Wine’s poll petition challenging President Museveni’s January 14 victory at the Supreme Court in Kampala on February 19. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
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National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, will in the coming days reach a decision on whether to go all the way with the petition he filed before the Supreme Court challenging President Museveni’s re-election on January 14 or to withdraw it from court, Sunday Monitor has learnt.
The filing of the petition has been a matter of controversy within Mr Kyagulanyi’s camp, and the Opposition leader hinted this week that he could withdraw it if Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and two other Justices of the Supreme Court do not recuse themselves from hearing the matter.
Daily Monitor
Saturday February 20 2021
Summary
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and seven other judges; Dr Esther Kisaakye Kitimbo, Stella Arach-Amoko, Rubby Aweri Opio, Faith Essy Mwondha, Ezekiel Muhanguzi, Percy Night Tuhaise, and Mike Chibita dismissed Mr Kyagulanyi’s application.
This therefore means court will only allow the additional 50 affidavits that the NUP lawyers filed within the deadline on Sunday.
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The Supreme Court in Kampala has rejected former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s bid to file additional affidavits in support of his petition challenging the victory of President Museveni in the January 14 elections.
In an eight to one majority ruling Friday evening, justice night Percy Tuhaise dismissed the National Unity Platform (NUP)’s application that sought extra time to file his new affidavits.