Baleke v Electoral Commission and Kakooza
Baleke v Electoral Commission and Kakooza (Election Petition Appeal 4 of 2016) [2017] UGCA 136 (19 June 2017)
The Court of Appeal found that the 2nd respondent's academic qualifications were duly verified by the National Council for Higher Education in both 2010 and 2015, and that the certificate presented was genuine and sufficient for nomination under the Parliamentary Elections Act. The appellant failed to discharge the burden of proof regarding allegations of forgery, improper verification, and name variation. Affidavit evidence from military colleagues established that the name variations referred to the same individual, and there was no credible evidence to suggest otherwise. The trial Judge pr…
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- Parliamentary Elections
- Academic Qualification Verification
- Burden Of Proof
- Name Variation In Election Documents