On Tuesday, the NRM’s top management decided to suspend all salary and emolument payments to the seven CEC members who were sued.
Five special nominees to the CEC are also affected. These members were sued for illegally occupying their positions.
After their terms expired, they continued to hold offices and receive salaries and emoluments.
The halt comes after Daniel Obal, President Museveni’s senior advisor for youth affairs and an NRM party cadre, sued the CEC members.
Obal claims in his lawsuit that their continued service in office and receipt of remuneration violates all applicable laws in the country.
On April 30, 2024, at 11 a.m., High Court Justice Musa Sekana is expected to hear and rule on a miscellaneous application in which Obal has requested that the court remove the affected CEC members from office and halt all emoluments payable to them.
The payments secretariat make is drawn from the consolidated funds, tndNews understands.
The party, which benefited from the Attorney General’s written legal opinion on April 11, has since received warnings of a devastating loss if they fail to settle the pending case outside of court.
A senior party official revealed that they are attempting to reach an amicable settlement with the plaintiff, Obal.
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