By Andrew Irumba
Parliament and the Attorney General have resolved to appeal a Constitutional Court ruling issued a few days ago, which nullified the election of six Members of Parliament, on grounds that the Electoral Commission held illegal elections in their respective constituencies.
The affected MPs are; Sheema Municipality MP Elioda Tumwesigye who is also the Minister of science, technology and innovation, the Bugiri Municipality MP Asuman Basalirwa, Patrick Ochan (Apac Municipality), Tarsis Rwaburindore (Ibanda Municipality), Lokii Abraham (Kotido Municipality) and Hashim Suleiman of Nebbi Municipality.
However, Spy Uganda has learnt that on Thursday, the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga and the Attorney General William Byaruhanga met the Members of Parliament who were expelled from the House by the constitutional court and agreed to appeal the ruling.
Court on December 27, 2019, nullified the election of the affected six MPs from the newly created municipalities on grounds that they were elected in constituencies that did not exist.
This followed a petition filed by former Bufumbira East MP Eddie Kwizera challenging the legality of a number of constituencies created after the 2016 general elections.
Kwizera argued that the six constituencies were illegally created by parliament and asked court to declare them null and void, a prayer court upheld and nullified the their elections.
However, both the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Attorney General have since appealed against the ruling and now even Parliament has joined then Appeal, so as to save the affected 6 MPs from being thrown out of the August House
