The High Court in Kitgum has dismissed an election petition filed by State Minister for Environment Beatrice Atim Anywar challenging Denis Onekalit Amere’s victory as Kitgum Municipality MP.
In a ruling delivered on Monday, Justice Amos Kwizera dismissed the petition with costs, finding that the allegations lacked sufficient evidence.
Amere, who contested on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket, won the election with 6,176 votes against Anywar, who stood on the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ticket.
Anywar had accused election officials and Amere’s agents of electoral malpractice, including ballot stuffing, multiple voting, voter bribery, intimidation and failure to properly use biometric voter verification kits.
However, the court ruled that the allegations, including claims of violence and intimidation, had not been proved to the required standard.
The decision leaves Amere’s parliamentary victory intact, ending Anywar’s legal challenge to the election results.
