By East Africa Observer
Kampala | 19 May 2026
KAMPALA — NUP’s Fred Ssentamu Nyanzi has petitioned the High Court seeking to overturn the Kawempe South parliamentary results, claiming his victory was stolen through missing polling station returns and inconsistent tally sheets.
In a petition filed against Ntale Nsereko Madina and the Electoral Commission supported by hundreds of affidavits, Nyanzi is asking court to set aside Madina Nsereko’s declaration and declare him the validly elected MP for Kawempe Division South.
WHAT NYANZI WANTS
Nullify the result: Cancel Ntale Nsereko Madina’s declaration as MP for Kawempe South.
Declare Nyanzi winner: Order that he be gazetted as the validly elected MP.
Award costs: Nyanzi is seeking costs of the petition.
ISSUE NO.1: TALLY SHEET DOESN’T MATCH THE GAZETTE
Nyanzi alleges the results published in the Uganda Gazette do not match the certified tally sheets.
The gazette declared Ntale Nsereko Madina with 18,591 votes against Nyanzi’s 11,292. But according to Nyanzi’s evidence, the certified tally sheet shows different totals, and Ntale Nsereko Madina did not secure a majority of the valid votes cast.
“Based on the certified tally sheet, I should have been declared the winner,” the petition states.
ISSUE NO.2: 47 POLLING STATIONS WITH 32,860 VOTERS LEFT OUT FROM FINAL EC TALLY
The petition says voting took place in 212 polling stations, but the EC failed to return results from 47 stations with 32,860 registered voters.
Nyanzi argues the EC declared a final result despite the omission, in violation of Sections 77(1) and 94 of the Parliamentary Elections Act.
According to the results presented by Nyanzi from the declaration forms his agents obtained, he won all 47 polling stations that were left out. He contends that if those results were tallied, he emerges the outright winner of Kawempe South.
“The non-compliance and failure to hold the elections in accordance with those provisions affected the result of the election in a substantial manner,” the petition reads.
He says the omission disenfranchised 32,860 voters and changed the outcome.
Section 77(1) requires presiding officers to transmit results from each polling station to the returning officer. Section 94 allows a court to set aside an election if non-compliance with the Act affected the result substantially.