Another case that merits consideration here is Rtd Col Dr. Kizza Besigye Vs Electoral Commision and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Presidential Election Petition No. 1 of 2006 where non registration of an affidavit deponed to in a foreign country was considered a matter that could not bar the court to admit the affidavit. To my mind however, each of those cases is distinguishable from the instant petition. In Matsiko’s case, (supra) the fees were actually paid into court belatedly though. Further, the courts were dealing with matters provided for in regulations and not situations provided for by a substantive provision in an Act of Parliament. In Rtd Col Dr. Kizza Besigye’s case (supra) the Supreme Court, which in matters of Presidential Election Petitions is both the court of first instance and the final court was dealing with a Presidential Election Petition. Apart from the significancy of a presidential election to the nation, not anywhere near or comparable to the election in a Parliamentary constituency, the time benchmarks in the trial of a Presidential Election Petition are rigid fixtures of the Constitution. For Parliamentary elections the law allows some flexibility at the discretion of the court to extend the time within which the hearing of an election petition can be completed if circumstances so warrant. In the case before one of a dispute over elections in a parliamentary constituency, the respondent fully appreciated the duty to comply with the law on payment of court fees. This is why in one volume full fees for the affidavits were paid and in other, attempts were made to pay though in part. For some reason however, despite the opportunity to cure the deficiency in court fees payment under S97 of the Civil Procedure Act, no efforts were made by the respondent to take advantage of the flexible situation now prevailing in this area. Laws are made for a purpose and they should be complied with by all, especially those who seek justice. S.97 of Civil Procedure Act provides:“97 Power to make up deficiency of court fees. Where the whole or any part of any fees prescribed for any document by the law for the time being in force relating to court fees has not been paid, the court may, in its discretion, at Any stage, allow the person by whom the fee is payable to pay the whole or part, as the case may be, of that court fees; and upon the payment, the document in

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