Bobi Wine joins Kyadondo East MP race

Singer Robert Kyagulanyi commonly known as Bobi Wine has expressed interest to contest in the Kyadondo East by-election.

Bobi Wine told a local TV station on Wednesday that he prefers to contest as an independent candidate.

"I have a voice to represent my people. This is the right to join leadership," he said.

His disclosure comes after Court of Appeal upheld High Court's decision to nullify the election of FDC's Apollo Kantinti as Kyadondo East Constituency Member of Parliament and ordered for fresh polls.

High Court in July 2016 nullified Kantinti's election due to non-compliance of electoral rules in the Parliamentary Elections Act.

The case reached the Court of Appeal after Kantinti appealed court's decision to rule in the case where NRM's William Sitenda Sebalu sued Kantinti, the Electoral Commission and the Wakiso district returning officer Sarah Bukirwa.

In the suit, Sebalu accused the three defendants of conniving to commit several irregularities which affected the quality of the election in Kyadondo East in the 2016 general elections in a substantial manner.