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The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed a complaint challenging the nomination of Ali Kasirye Nganda, popularly known as Mulyanyama, the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for Member of Parliament for Makindye East Constituency, ruling that the petition lacked merit.
The dismissal followed a complaint filed by Miya Hamza, a resident of Kasanga in Makindye Division, who questioned the validity of Kasirye’s nomination as a directly elected MP candidate, citing concerns over his academic documents and identity details.
However, EC chairperson Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama, in a ruling dated December 29, 2025, said the Commission had reviewed the complaint and found it to be without merit.
Byabakama said that after considering submissions from both parties and conducting a hearing on November 11, 2025, the Commission established that Nganda had duly attached both O Level and A Level certificates, together with verification letters from the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB).
The EC further established that Kasirye sat his examinations as a mature adult at Kampala Students’ Centre, Mengo, in 2012 and 2014.
“Upon a close scrutiny of the nomination file as well as the academic documents attached to your complaint, it was revealed that the Kasirye sat for his O-level and A-level as a mature adult at Kampala Students Centre, Mengo in 2012 and 2014 respectively,” Byabakama stated.
The Commission also confirmed that the candidate’s National ID, voter registration details and nomination forms consistently bear his rightful name, Kasirye Nganda Ali.
The EC consequently upheld the decision of the returning officer to nominate the candidate, formally dismissing the complaint and notifying all concerned parties of the outcome.