{"id":26613,"date":"2017-01-02T12:27:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=26613"},"modified":"2017-01-02T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:27:37","slug":"court-orders-lubaga-south-mp-to-defend-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/court-orders-lubaga-south-mp-to-defend-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Court orders Lubaga South MP to defend himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The High court in Kampala has ordered Lubaga South MP Paul Kato Lubwama to file his defence in not less than 15 days responding to claims by over 500 voters from his constituency\u00a0that he lacks the minimum qualifications of an MP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The voters led\u00a0by Habib Buwembo were on the 19th\/December 2016\u00a0granted permission by High court Judge Margret Oguli-Oumo to file an election petition against Kato\u00a0Lubwama out of the mandatory 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">In the petition, the voters accuse Kato Lubwama\u00a0of fraudulently securing nomination and election as Lubaga South MP well knowing that he never\u00a0sat\u00a0for PLE\u00a0and\u00a0failed UCE exams which would have been\u00a0a basis for him to\u00a0attain a Diploma in Music Dance and Drama from Makerere University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">They now want the High court to\u00a0nullify his election and order the Electoral Commission to conduct a by-election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The court&#8217;s deputy registrar Alex Ajiji has signed summons ordering Kato Lubwama,Makerere University\u00a0 and the Electoral Commission to file their defences in court <span class=\"aqj\">within 15 days<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The petition is not yet allocated to a judge for hearing.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The High court in Kampala has ordered Lubaga South MP Paul Kato Lubwama to file his defence in not less than 15 days responding to claims by over 500 voters from his constituency\u00a0that he lacks the minimum qualifications of an MP. The voters led\u00a0by Habib Buwembo were on the 19th\/December 2016\u00a0granted permission by High court Judge Margret Oguli-Oumo to file an election petition against Kato\u00a0Lubwama out of the mandatory 30 days. In the petition, the voters accuse Kato Lubwama\u00a0of fraudulently securing nomination and election as Lubaga South MP well knowing that he never\u00a0sat\u00a0for PLE\u00a0and\u00a0failed UCE exams which would have been\u00a0a basis for him to\u00a0attain a Diploma in Music Dance and Drama from Makerere University. 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