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New Vision Online : Deaf interpreter cited in case
THE sign language interpreter hired to communicate to the deaf voters on polling day for the people with disability (PWD) MP elections, was also deaf.
A witness in an election petition filed against the five PWD MPs said this at the High Court in Jinja on Friday. Jinja Resident Judge Vincent Zehurikize presided over the court.
Former PWD MP James Mwandha and two other runners-up in the February 17 PWD polls filed an election petition against the five PWD MPs.
They want court to nullify the results of the polls, saying they were marred with malpractices, including rigging and intimidation.
The witness, Moses Musenze, a sign language expert who participated in the elections as a voter, recounted that on the polling day, Florence Mukasa, an employee of the National Union of Person with Disability (NUDIPU), was introduced to them as an interpreter for the deaf.
“Mukasa is among the PWD community, whose hearing senses are impaired,” Musenze said.
He added, “We protested because we had never seen such a scenario, where a person who can’t hear would take on the work of interpreting for the deaf, unless there was some thing fishy behind this decision.”
He said throughout the polling exercise, Mukasa campaigned for candidates who stood on a particular party ticket.
THE sign language interpreter hired to communicate to the deaf voters on polling day for the people with disability (PWD) MP elections, was also deaf.
A witness in an election petition filed against the five PWD MPs said this at the High Court in Jinja on Friday. Jinja Resident Judge Vincent Zehurikize presided over the court.
Former PWD MP James Mwandha and two other runners-up in the February 17 PWD polls filed an election petition against the five PWD MPs.
They want court to nullify the results of the polls, saying they were marred with malpractices, including rigging and intimidation.
The witness, Moses Musenze, a sign language expert who participated in the elections as a voter, recounted that on the polling day, Florence Mukasa, an employee of the National Union of Person with Disability (NUDIPU), was introduced to them as an interpreter for the deaf.
“Mukasa is among the PWD community, whose hearing senses are impaired,” Musenze said.
He added, “We protested because we had never seen such a scenario, where a person who can’t hear would take on the work of interpreting for the deaf, unless there was some thing fishy behind this decision.”
He said throughout the polling exercise, Mukasa campaigned for candidates who stood on a particular party ticket.