The Electoral Commission has asked the High court in Kampala to dismiss a petition challenging the election of Muhammad Ssegirinya as Kawempe North Member Of Parliament.
Ssegirinya muhammad defeated nine other candidates when he scored 41,197 votes against his closest challenger Sulaiman Kidandala who had 7,512 votes in polls held on January 14, 2021.
This victory was challenged by Kidandala when he alleged that Ssegirinya didn’t have the requisite academic qualifications to contest for a parliamentary seat.
The law requires all persons contesting for a parliamentary seat to have an A-level or it’s equivalent.
But according to Kidandala’s petition, the academic documents that Ssegirinya presented to the Electoral Commission were forged, which constitutes a crime under the Parliamentary Election Act.
