| SAMPLE AFFIDAVITS
At the risk of being lengthy, I shall quote some of the affidavits, which I have picked at random. After all these affidavits are part of the evidence to which I shall refer to in the course of this judgment.
AFFIDAVIT OF GUMA MAJID
The first is that of Guma Majid. It reads:
“I, GUMA MAJID do solemnly affirm and state as hereunder:
1. THAT I am an adult male Ugandan of sound mind, duly registered as a voter with voters Registration number 00281689 residing at Lomunga Parish, Yumbe District.
2. THAT I was appointed as a polling monitor for Presidential Candidate Col (Rtd) Dr. Besigye Kizza at and have capacity to affirm this affidavit.
3. THAT on the 12th day of March 2001, while monitoring elections. I saw one Achaga Safi whom I know as the LC Ill vice chairman of Kuru Division and a member of Candidate Museveni Yoweri Kaguta’s task force casting at the said Bura B polling station a ballot paper.
4. THAT immediately thereafter I proceeded to Bura A another polling station where I saw the same Achaga Safi going to cast another ballot and immediately asked the voters register and I saw Mr. Achaga Safi was registered with voter’s card No.00267715, where upon I recorded the number.
5. THAT I thereafter proceeded to Bura B polling station where I saw that Mr. Achaga Safi was registered as a voter with voters card No.0027587.
6. THAT I reported the matter to one prisons constable deployed to take charge of the station together with the presiding officer but two told me that they could not arrest Mr. Achaga Safi as he was a member of the task force of Candidate Museveni Yoweri Kaguta.
7. THAT I thereafter reported the matter to Mr. Keniga Rashid Yumbe District Chairman of the elect Besigye Kizza task force.
8. THAT I proceeded to Aleapi Parish Ojinga Polling Station and saw one known to me as Mawa and a member of Candidate Museveni Yoweri Kaguta’s District Task office and Campaign Manager distributing voters cards to people who were not appearing on the register and who did not have voters cards.
9. THAT I and a polling agent for Presidential Candidate Col (Rtd) Dr. Besigve Kizza arrested him.
10. That he released to me a voter’s card for one Leila Alungaru a female with voter’s card No.002279167.
11. THAT as I was recording the number of a second voter’s card I had got from the said Mawa, armed military personal came and took Mawa away with the other cards and threatened to arrest me.
12. THAT I proceeded to Geya Parish, Aliba A Polling Station where I saw the
Presiding officer one Abele Young Majid giving six ballot papers to the L. C. III Chairman Kuru Sub-county known to me as Mr. Drasi All a member of the Yumbe task force for Museveni Kaguta Yoweri.
13. THAT I got the register and saw those 23 people had voted. I proceeded to check the serial Numbers of the ballot papers issued to the 23 people only to find that the serial number run from 531 to 560 which was in excess by six (6).
14. THAT I directed the polling agent for Dr. Besigye Kizza one Olenga to arrest the said Mr. Drasi Ali as / was going to police.
15. THAT when I came with the police 1 found the Polling agent for Dr. Besigye Kizza wasn’t around and I was threatened with arrest and I had to escape.
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