Uganda: Museveni and Besigye Both Won - One Got a State, Another the People

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Lawyers representing candidate Amama Mbabazi have gone to the Supreme Court to challenge the Electoral Commission's declaration of candidate Yoweri Museveni as winner of the February 18 election.

This is a good thing, even if I do not expect them to win. I am not sure that the team had enough time or the resources to gather the evidence necessary to make a compelling case, and the courts have already set a precedent in their previous rulings about substantiality. The value of this court petition, regardless of the outcome, is that it hopefully takes the contest away from the heated streets, to the calm and cool reflection inside court.

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