SHIWANG’ANDU UPND losing parliamentary candidate Victor Beleshi has appealed to the Constitutional Court after the High Court dismissed his election petition on procedural grounds. Justice Catherine Lombe dismissed Beleshi’s election petition, which challenged Stephen Kampyongo’s victory in the August 13, 2026 parliamentary election. In a memorandum of appeal filed before the Constitutional Court, Beleshi stated that the trial court erred when it dismissed the entire petition because he had not attached copies of the authorities cited in the petition. “The learned trial Judge erred in law and misdirected herself when she dismissed the Appellant’s Election Petition in its entirety for failure to attach copies of cited authorities pursuant to Rule 9(3)(c) of the High Court (Election Petitions) Rules, 2016, thereby...