High Court strikes out NRM candidate Faruk Bulime's petition against Kawempe Division Mayor Emmanuel Sserunjogi

According to the Daily Monitor, Justice Flavia K. Nabakooza of the High Court in Kampala struck out both the original and amended election petitions filed by NRM's Faruk Bulime against NUP's Kawempe Division Mayor Emmanuel Sserunjogi. The judge held that the amended petition had been filed without the court's leave after the statutory period, and that the original petition disclosed no cause of action; costs were awarded to Sserunjogi and the Electoral Commission.