Okabe v Opio & Anor
Okabe v Opio & Anor (Election Petition No. 87 of 2016) [2017] UGCA 12 (8 May 2017)
The Court found that the 1st respondent was not validly nominated as a candidate for Serere County Parliamentary elections. The Electoral Commission did not sit as a Commission with the required quorum, did not record minutes, and did not expressly invoke Section 50 of the Electoral Commission Act to enlarge time for nomination. The nomination was effected outside the statutory seven-day period, and there was no evidence of justification for extension. Consequently, the 1st respondent was not a candidate and lacked locus to petition under Section 60 of the Parliamentary Elections Act. The Hig…
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- Nomination Procedure
- Jurisdiction Of Electoral Commission
- Quasi Judicial Decision Making
- Application Of Statutory Timelines
- Powers Of Electoral Commission