The republic of uganda in the supreme court of uganda at kampala

Failure of All Commissioners to Sign Declaration of Results Form B:

It is alleged in Para 3 (1) (u) of the Petition that contrary to Section 56 (2) of the Act the 2” Respondent declared the results of the Presidential Election when all the Electoral Commissioners had not signed the Declaration of Results Form B. Section 56 (1) and (2) of the Act provides,

“(1) The Commission shall ascertain, publish and declare in writing under its seal the results of the Presidential Election within forty-eight hours.

(2) The declaration under sub-section (1) shall be in Form B or Form C as specified in the Seventh Schedule to this Act as the case may be.”

The form has places for signatures of seven Commissioners and the Secretary to the Commission.

However, Section 56 (2) of the Act does not provide how decisions of the Commission relating to elections or any other matter are to be taken. This is provided for in Section 8 of the Commission Act, which states in part as follows:

“(1) Every decision of the Commission shall as far as possible be by consensus.