The purpose of the letter was to communicate the President’s directive for implementation. Indeed the electricity was connected during the campaign period and the connection was perceived as a bribe to voters to vote for the 1st respondent. The implementation of any government programme like the connection of electricity during the campaign period is bound to raise suspicion and is likely to be portrayed as a bribe to the voters. But government programmes do not come to a halt during election campaigns. The electricity connection was reasonably explained by the letter written on behalf of H.E. the President. The 10 involvement of the 1st respondent if any was because he was the incumbent Member of Parliament. It was not proved to the satisfaction of the court that the electricity connection was a bribe although it might have appeared as such. On the other hand welding and compressor machines were not proved to have been sourced from the office of H.E.the President. The acknowledgment sheets which the learned judge relied upon to find as she did that it provided corroborative evidence had very little probative value. The absence of any communication from the office of the President renders it difficult to conclude that the machines were procured by the said office for distribution in the areas mentioned. I therefore find that the evidence of Mutebi 20 Muhammed, Magezi, Kalema, Lwala and Bamuranki proved to the satisfaction of the court that the 1st respondent is the one who personally distributed the said 23