Uganda, June 12 -- The election of Mr Fabrice Rulinda (Indep) as the Entebbe Municipality Mayor has been challenged before the High Court in Kampala.

Mr Vicent Kayanja Depaul, the former mayor who contested on the Democratic Party (DP) ticket filed a petition in court on May 06, challenging Mr Rulinda's victory on grounds of electoral malpractices.

"Your petitioner (Kayanja) complains that the election of the Entebbe Municipality Mayor was not conducted in accordance with the electoral laws and that, there was non-compliance, and failure to conduct free and fair elections which affected the results in a substantial manner," Mr Kayanja avers in his petition.

He also contends that the presiding officers committed electoral offences by fail...