Politics 2 October 2026 Daily Monitor (Uganda)
Kampala Returning Officer Admits to Omissions in Nakawa East Election Tally
The Kampala Returning Officer has confessed in court that 22 polling stations were mistakenly left out of the final tally for the Nakawa East constituency during the recent elections. This admission came during legal proceedings concerning a petition challenging the election results. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/kampala-returning-officer-tells-court-22-polling-stations-were-omitted-in-nakawa-east-tally-5617788
During a court session at the High Court in Kampala, the Returning Officer for Kampala acknowledged a significant error in the tallying process for the Nakawa East parliamentary seat. It was revealed that results from 22 polling stations were inadvertently omitted from the final count.
The admission was made under cross-examination by Farouk Sserukuma, the legal representative for Alex Waiswa Mufumbiro, who is the petitioner challenging the incumbent Member of Parliament’s victory. This oversight has cast doubt on the accuracy of the declared results.
Details of how these omissions occurred were not immediately clear, but the admission itself is a crucial development in the ongoing legal battle. The petitioner’s legal team is likely to use this information to argue their case for a review or annulment of the election results in Nakawa East.
Further proceedings are expected to delve into the specific impact of these missing tallies and the procedures followed during the election and tallying phases. The court’s decision will hinge on the evidence presented and the implications of the Returning Officer’s admission regarding the integrity of the electoral process in the constituency.