NUP Nakaseke woman MP contender petitions court over electoral irregularities

Esther Nakawooya, the National Unity Platform party flag bearer of Nakaseke District in the just concluded 2026 polls has petitioned the High Court to overturn the results where the National Resistance Movement candidate Najjuma Sarah with According to results announced by Nakaseke District Returning Officer Aida Tusiime, Najjuma was declared the winner with 55,455 votes, while Nakawooya polled 26,873 votes.

Nakawooya, through her lawyers of Alaka and Company Advocates has petitioned the High Court in Luwero to look into her complaints and compare the Declaration Forms which she says were largely doctored to enable the incumbent Najjuma to retain her seat.

“We believe the EC doctored results to enable the NRM candidate to win. When I went to the EC to collect certified copies of the Declaration Forms, I found two different results,” she told journalists during a Monday presser held in Nakaseke. “In several polling stations, the results were higher than the number of voters which we find quite appalling and unbelievable,” she added.

She says that 98 out of the 328 polling stations suffered an unprecedented malpractice that was characterized by ballot stuffing and multiple voting.

“In some polling stations we found names of people who passed away appearing on the voters’ register and being counted among those who voted, which raises serious concerns about the integrity of the register,” she said. At some polling stations where I had clearly won votes according to the Declaration of Results forms, those votes were either reduced significantly or recorded as zero during tallying by the returning officer,” she added.

Among the polling stations cited in the petition are Lumpewe Primary School, Lukese Modern, Timuna/Kafene, Kibose Primary School, Kyasampanga Town Council, and Magoma RC Primary School.