The Petitioner and the first Respondent, among others,
contested for the parliamentary seat for the Biharamulo West constituency. The
first Respondent was, declared the winner with a majority of votes over his
nearest rival, the Petitioner. The Petitioner was at odds with the manner in
which the elections were conducted and sought to avoid the elections results
upon a petition. The Petitioner complained, among other things, that the first
Respondent made certain scurrilous statements at respective campaign rallies
and directed against the Petitioner to the effect that the Petitioner by means
of witchcraft, killed his mother-in-law, brother and buried a shrouded live cow
at the backyard of his house in order to retain his parliamentary seat, that
the Petitioner had an adulterous association with a wife of another man, that the
Petitioner misappropriated a portion of funds aimed at the construction of a
certain secondary school and converted the same to the construction of his own
house, that the Petitioner unilaterally closed down a one year nursing course
obtainable at Biharamulo Hospital and; fifth that the Petitioner had objected
to the use of teachers in facilitating the electoral process.