Kabale High Court has fixed November 1st 2021 for delivering the ruling in the petition in which Fred Tumuheirwe Fred asked court to nullify the election of Maj Gen Jim Muhwezi as the Member of Parliament for Rujumbura county.
The judgement will be delivered by mail according to the notice sent by court to Minister Muhwezi’s lawyers of Rukutana Mwesigwa and Company Advocates.
This is one of the first cases the former Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Gender Hon Rukutana Mwesigwa is handling in private practice ever since he returned to private legal practice.
In the Petition before court, Tumuheirwe the former Rujumbura County Member of Parliament alleges that the Minister participated in voter bribery through fundraising and donations.
During his defense, the Minister through his lawyers described the allegations by the Petitioner as baseless propaganda having won the election legitimately.
