An attempt by opposition FDC officials to block NRM's Siraji Samanya Lyavala from taking office as the new Bugiri LC-V chairman failed on Monday.
When they learnt that the FDC was planning to secure a court injunction on Monday, NRM officials made sure Lyavala was sworn in before the court order came.
"We spent the weekend doing everything possible to ensure that nothing could fail us from seeing that he is sworn in very early in the morning before they [FDC] could even reach the court premises," an NRM insider said.
Lyavala was declared winner of Thursday's tightly-contested by-election by a margin of 157 votes against his closest challenger, Bumali Luba, of FDC. As early as 10am on Monday, Luba's lawyers were at the High court in Jinja to seek an injunction, only to be told they were late.
Lawyers Abedi Nasser Mudiobole and Asuman Basalirwa later learnt that Lyavala had already been sworn in before Iganga Chief Magistrate, Flavia Nabakooza. The lawyers argued that it was illegal for Lyavala to be sworn in before he was published in the national gazette. Read more
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