Mukesh Vs Ssenyonyi: Its not yet over as Mukesh is set to challenge Ssenyoni over court costs again
Drake Nyamugabwa
Following the High Court summoned of City Businessman Shukla Mukesh to cause why he won’t pay court costs amounting to UGX 570 Million, Mukesh is set to defend the decision on 12th July 2022.
Mukesh, the Executive Director of Shumuk Aluminium Investment Limited contested for the Nakawa West parliamentary seat and lost to National Unity Platform (NUP) spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi and after his disatifaction of te elections results, he took Ssenyoi togehet with electoral body to court together with the Electoral Commission but his petition was thrown out.
Lawyers representing Ssenyonyi, and Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama’s Electoral Commission (EC) are demanding that he pays Shs.570 million as court costs resulting from the election petition.
High Court Civil Division Deputy Registrar Jameson Karemani has summoned Mukesh to show up again in court for his defense over the said costs.
After Ssenyonyi’s lawyers of PACE Advocates successfully convinced Court that Mukesh should pay them a total of Shs.230 million as costs for wasting their time in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, the bill comes to Shs.570 million plus damages.
Mukesh appealed the judgement but the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Justice Stephen Musota and Justice Christopher Gashirabake ordered Mukesh to pay the two respondents (EC and Ssenyonyi) half of their costs after losing his Appeal where he wanted Ssenyonyi’s victory canceled.
Mukesh accused Ssenyonyi of committing offences of ballot stuffing by changing the electoral results and failing to sign the declaration of results forms and a number of other applications that need redress.
