NUP sues Electoral Commission in High Court over exclusion from IPOD party funding

According to ChimpReports, the National Unity Platform filed a High Court case against the Electoral Commission seeking an order to release party funds it says were withheld after the Commission paid other parliamentary parties. NUP Secretary General Lewis Rubongoya said the amended Political Parties and Organisations Act is not yet operational and that NUP was excluded unlawfully. IPOD Executive Director Lawrence Sserwambala said the funds are reserved for the six registered IPOD member parties.