Bari Palma, a candidate for the Kerowagi Open Seat, was declared insolvent (bankrupt) by the National Court on June 1, 2017.
This decision was based on Palma failing to pay the taxed costs of an unsuccessful election petition he had filed previously against the sitting MP, Camillus Dangima Bongoro.
According to court documents, Palma owes Bongoro and the Electoral Commission (defendants) K275,119. 06.
Palma, who had also contested in the 2012 national general elections, had filed an election petition alleging impropriety and disputed the election, return and the results, soon after Bongoro was declared winner in 2012.
The amount owed is the cost incurred by the defendants to defend their election petition.
Palma never reviewed the …
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