Bobi Wine wants Uganda’s chief justice not to be voted on

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, wants the chief justice to recuse himself from hearing a petition challenging the re-election of President Yoweri Museveni.

Bobi Wine accuses Judge Alfonse Owiny-Dollo of bias because of his close association with the president.

The opposition politician also wants two other Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from the petition on similar grounds.

The three judges did not respond to the charges.

Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo was President Museveni’s attorney in 2006, according to the Nile Post website.

Judge Mike Chibita was Mr. Museveni’s private secretary for legal affairs, while Judge Ezekiel Muhanguzi is a relative of Security Minister Elly Tumwine, according to local media.

Bobi Wine argues that the three cannot hear the petition without bias.

President Museveni won a sixth term elected last month. His main rival, Bobi Wine, said the election was rigged, but Mr Museveni said it was the fairest vote ever.