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Why Ugandan courts are dismissing election petitions without hearing their merits

Published by The Independent Uganda By The Independent · 21 October 2026 at 10:00
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Why Ugandan courts are dismissing election petitions without hearing their merits
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | In the months after the January 2026 general elections, defeated candidates flooded the High Court with petitions alleging irregularities, violence, ballot stuffing and altered results. Some of these challenges have collapsed before judges ever examined the substance. Petitions and supporting affidavits have been struck out for arriving outside the … The post Why Ugandan courts are dismissing

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