Kitara Petitions Court to Nullify MP Norbert Mao's Election

[Independent (Kampala)] Gulu -- The election of Laroo-Pece Division Member of Parliament Norbert Mao is being challenged in the High Court in Gulu, with petitioner Tonny Kitara alleging widespread electoral irregularities that he says affected the outcome of the January 2026 polls. In the petition, in which the Electoral Commission is listed as the second respondent, Kitara accuses both Mao, the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, and the Commission of electoral malpractice, non-compliance with the law, and illegal campaign