Uganda, Nov. 18 -- Court has dismissed an application in which embattled National Organizations of Trade Unions (Notu) chairman general Usher Wilson Owere was seeking to block his ouster.

The application had been fixed for hearing before the deputy registrar of the High Court Civil Division.

But the applicants, Notu and Mr Owere, together with the respondent Notu secretary general Christopher Peter Werikhe did not show up in court.

"It is hereby ordered that the application is dismissed since both applicants and their counsel have not appeared in court to prosecute their application. No order of costs is made since counsel for the respondent has not filed an affidavit in reply," court ruled on Thursday.

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