NUP's Busiro East candidate Mathias Walukagga petitions High Court over EC's revocation of his nomination

Mathias Walukagga, the NUP flag bearer for Busiro East and Kyengera Town Council mayor, filed a petition in the High Court challenging the Electoral Commission's decision to revoke his nomination over academic documents. According to the Daily Monitor, the EC had found his mature age education certificate had expired; his lawyer Elias Luyimbazi Nalukoola argued the commission has no jurisdiction to invalidate qualifications certified by the National Council for Higher Education. Walukagga said his documents are valid and called the EC's decision political.