By Anne Mugisa and Hillary Nsambu

The Supreme Court ruling on the appeal by former Rubaga South MP Ken Lukyamuzi against the Inspector General of Government (IGG) for throwing him out of Parliament flopped yesterday.

The court, whose premises are close to Bulange in Mengo, has not sat since Wednesday due to the chaos that followed the fire that gutted Kasubi royal tombs that housed the remains of four Buganda kings.

The registrar of the court, Henrietta Wolayo, said a new date for the ruling will be communicated.

Lukyamuzi condemned the court’s failure to deliver the ruling, saying the Government should have provided security for the judges.

He said the Government was out to frustrate him and called for the scrapping of the IGG’s office.

Lukyamuzi’s exit from the 7th Parliament followed his refusal to declare his wealth in accordance to the Leadership Code of Conduct.

The code requires leaders, including MPs, to declare their wealth to the IGG or lose their seat and face a five-year ban from holding any public office.

Lukyamuzi’s attempts to return to the 8th Parliament were futile after the Electoral Commission refused to nominate him because of the five-year ban.

The former MP first petitioned the Constitutional Court, seeking a declaration that the IGG acted unconstitutionally by directing his removal from Parliament.

He also sought a reversal of the IGG’s decision.

But Lukyamuzi lost the petition and appealed to the Supreme Court.