The former Member of Parliament for Lubaga North, Singh Katongole has reportedly developed high blood pressure after losing his seat to his rival, Moses Kasibante on Monday 24/oct/2011.

We have been reliably informed that Singh has not eaten anything and he is bedridden at home since Monday when the High Court sitting inKampala declared Moses Kasibante the duly elected Member of Parliament for Rubaga North saying he was the rightfully elected member of constituency.

This was contained in the Monday High Court judgment which lasted more than one and a half hours. The High Court Judge Justice Kibuuka Musoke faulted the Mengo Chief Magistrate for issuing a vote re-count order and abdicating the re-count process to a third party which should not have been the case as stipulated by the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act which led to the mess that followed the process later.

Kibuuka Musoke’s ruling brought to an end Singh’s brief parliamentary career that saw him a couple of weeks making a submission during the heated oil agreements debate in the house in support of the NRM party.

By Maurine Nakyanzi

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