In 2015, Terp Group lost a bid to carry out voter education and display of voter register ahead of the 2016 general elections. The public relations and marketing company, owned by President Museveni’s son-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo, contested the decision and have since sued the EC demanding Shs800 million in compensation.
In a classic case of a job seeker failing to make it past the aptitude test of an interview, a local firm is seeking compensation after it was eliminated from a bidding process.
Terp Group claims that, ahead of the national elections in February 2016, the Electoral Commission unfairly eliminated it from the bidding process for voter education and display of voter register.
In 2016, Terp Group, a public relations, communications and marketing firm, dragged EC to court seeking Shs825 million in compensation for what it claims was breach of procurement process, contract and other guidelines and breach of a statutory duty owed to them [Terp Group].
Terp Group is owned by President Museveni’s son-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo.
In a case file HCT-00-CC-CS 0796-2016 before the Commercial Division of the High Court, Terp Group claims that they were unfairly and illegally eliminated from the procurement process by the Electoral Commission and have prayed for Judge David Wangutusi to award them special damages of Shs30,000,000, compensatory damages for financial loss of profits and investment returns of Shs795,941,985, punitive damages for the defendants conduct, general damages as a consequence of the defendants breaches and costs of the suit.
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On April 28, 2015, EC placed a bid notice advertisement in a local daily calling for bids for the provision of voter education and publicity for the display of the national voter register.
In the bid notice, EC stated that the terms and conditions of the bidding process were contained in the standard bidding document, which were to be picked from the electoral commission’s offices after payment of an nonrefundable fee of Shs100,000
“We [Terp Group] responded to the notice, paid the Shs100,000 and picked the document from EC offices. We also satisfied all the requirements in the standard bidding document and prepared our bid,
