(a) Contrary to section 32(5) of the Act, the 2nd Respondent failed when requested to give the Petitioner and his agents a copy of the Voters’ Register.
(b) Contrary to sections 18(o) of Act 3/97 the 2nd Respondent failed to maintain and update the National Voters’ Register, the Voters’ Rolls for each Constituency and each polling station within each Constituency and as a result, the Voters’ Register and the Voters’ Rolls contained many flaws such as dead people’s names and some of those who ought not to vote in Uganda - remaining on the Voters’ Register, while many people who were eligible to vote had their names omitted from the Voters’ Register and the Voters’ Rolls.”
The 2nd Respondent clearly did a very poor job of carrying out its responsibility under s.18 of Act 3/97. The standard of incompetence was high. There is credible evidence that in consequence thereof, some names of dead people, of those who ought not to vote remained in the Voters’ Register and some people who were eligible to vote had their names omitted from the Voters’ Register and Rolls.
Paragraph 3(1) (f) Failure to display copies of the Voters’ Rolls:
“(f) Contrary to section 25 of the Electoral Commission Act the 2”” Respondent failed to display copies of the Voters’ Roll for each Parish or Ward in a public place within each Parish or Ward for a period of not less than 21 days and as a result the Petitioner and his Agents and supporters were denied sufficient time to scrutinize and clean the Voters’ Roll and exercise their rights under the law.”
The 2 Respondent’s answer to this ground of the Petition is as follows:
“(5) In reply to paragraph 3(1), the 2nd Respondent avers:
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