The Constitutional Court has dismissed with costs a petition seeking to remove Vice President Edward Ssekandi from Parliament. Five judges of the court have unanimously ruled that the petition filed by former parliamentary candidate Jude Mbabaali did not need constitutional court interpretation so as to be filed before the same court. Justice Kenneth Kakuru wrote the lead judgement which the four other judges—Eldad Mwangusya, Solomy Bbosa Balungi, Rubby Aweri and Remmy Kasule—concurred with. Former Parliamentary contestant Jude Mbabaali petitioned court seeking to have Ssekandi kicked out of parliament for having allegedly used govt cars and other resources to win the Bukoto Central seat in the 2011 general elections. But the judges ruled out that the complaints about VP Ssekandi using govt resources for campaigns should have been addressed by the Masaka High Court in the election petition but the petitioners chose to withdraw the case prematurely.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:25:19 +0000
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