There was drama at the civil division of the High court in Kampala as Moses Nkonge Kibalama, the founding leader of the National Unity Reconciliation and Development Party-NURP which later metamorphosed into the National Unity Platform testified.
In August, Basile Difas and Hassan Twaha dragged 11 people to court for changing the party leadership without authorization to Kyagulanyi and the name was changed to the National Unity Platform and Kibalama swore an affidavit defending the process of changing the party leadership.
He later swore another affidavit in which he made and u-turn, prompting the court to summon him for cross-examination.
On Friday, the 59 year- old former police officer was on the receiving end from lawyers and the judge as he made several contradictions to his affidavit.
He told court that he changed his affidavit after making further consultations with his new lawyers.
“Since I am not a lawyer myself, I had to do a lot of consultation and guidance. The new lawyers gave me guidance to change my affidavit,” Kibalama said when he was asked the reason behind his change of heart.
However, the court was stunned when the 59 year -old was asked the name of his lawyer and he didn’t know it but instead mentioned another person.
“The lawyer I consulted told me to do another affidavit. Because I am not a lawyer, I needed to consult someone who is knowledgeable. The name of the lawyer I consulted is Mr. Byamukama,”he said , yet his lawyer is Enock Wahinda.
Kibalama told court that he signed the first affidavit without first reading through its contents and that he was only given the last page and asked to append his signature.
He noted that he was in a hurry travelling to Kayunga when he was asked to sign the first affidavit and that he didn’t check the contents.
“They never gave me the document to read through and find out was contained in. I did this because in politics, there was need to file records in the Electoral Commission. We had to beat the deadline.”
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