Former Presidential Candidate Willy Mayambala raids Ewooma Pork Joint to quench political hung over
By Angela Nyakuni
Former Presidential Candidate Willy Mayambala spent the whole of Friday afternoon crashing bones of pigs to quench his political hung over.
Mayambala who rode in a black Pajero registeration number UAS ….. carried big volumes of files as if he was attending court session at Ewooma Pork Join on Rubaga Road near Kabusu. Guarded by a team of elderly men; Mayambala opted to sit with only one person, who they shared a platter of pork ears while the rest chewed the hooves of a pig separately.
At the end of the eating session, Mayambala was seen arguing with a waitress while the elderly hang ons/guards painfully carried the big volumes of light blue files.
The former presidential candidate, Willy Mayambala, this week wrote to the Supreme Court seeking to take over the poll petition filed by Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine challenging President Museveni’s victory in the January poll.
Eng Mayambala in his letter dated February 25, 2021, informs the court of how he is interested in taking over and continuing with the prosecution of the petition which Hon Kyagulanyi is in the process of withdrawing.
He also says in his letter that he objects to the withdrawal of the same poll petition by Hon Kyagulanyi.
On Monday this week, Hon Kyagulanyi announced at a press conference in Kampala of how he had instructed his advocates to withdrawal the poll petition he had filed on Feburary 1, challenging President Museveni’s victory.
He accused court of bias and frustration among other reasons and that he was instead heading to the court of public opinion.
“I write to object to the withdrawal of the presidential petition formerly logged in by Hon. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu against the several defendants as outlined in the petition,” Eng. Mayambala writes.
Section 61 of the Presidential Elections Act allows a former presidential candidate to be substituted as a petitioner in a withdrawn presidential election petition.
The former presidential candidate who came last –out of 11 candidates- in performance, wants court to guide him on what steps to follow to take over Mr Kyagulanyi’s petition.
“What is exactly required of me to inherit this petition? Is there any chance that new evidence can be presented to your honorable court?” Eng. Mayambala asks.
Adding: “I wish to re-affirm that I presidential candidate Willy Mayambala has great interest in the presidential petition going on and being listened to by the honorable court, please grant me the necessary permission to go on. I will be grateful if my request is put into consideration.”
Mayambala’s letter comes at the time when Hon Kyagulanyi’s advocates have commenced a formal process to have his petition withdrawn.
Court is yet to finalise with the gazetting process before the hearing of the application to withdraw is conducted.
Hon Kyagulanyi had challenged President Museveni’s January 14 victory on grounds that he was not validly elected in accordance with the law.