Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A call to review, strengthen and implement existing laws so as to maintain the rule of law has been made by members of the civil society noting that this will limit duplication of laws. According to Michael Aboneka, an advocate with Thomas and Michael Advocates, the …
Read More »Review of the Constitution long overdue: Mpuuga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has called for the review of the constitution saying it is long overdue. Mpuuga said this as he delivered the Opposition response to the State of the Nation address during plenary on Wednesday, 03 August 2022. While making …
Read More »UMSC heads for polls after approving new constitution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC will go to the polls after amending the constitution. On Wednesday, the UMSC general assembly, the council’s top decision organ, finalized scrutinizing and approving the amended constitution which is supposed to be followed while electing new Muslim local leaders right …
Read More »UMSC general assembly sets term limits for office of the mufti
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC General Assembly has set term limits for the office of the Mufti. The Assembly was held at the Gaddafi national mosque in Old Kampala on Wednesday. The Mufti is the highest-ranking position in the country’s Muslim leadership, and over the …
Read More »Sheikhs petition court challenging Mubaje’s stay in office
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Sheikhs have sued the Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje over what they called his illegal stay in office. Mufti Mubaje was sued before the Civil Division of the High Court alongside the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council and its Secretary General Shiekh Ramadhan …
Read More »UMSC general assembly scrutinizes draft constitution
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC, the highest decision making organ of the Muslim umbrella body has started discussing the draft amended constitution. It comes almost a week after the Constitutional Review Commission chaired by Prof. Idris Serugo Kasenene, handed over the draft amended constitution to …
Read More »Speaker halts fresh constitutional amendments
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among stopped the house on Tuesday from considering the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2022 that seeks to include five ethnic groups as indigenous communities in Uganda pending a Constitutional review process by the government. The Speaker called for a stand …
Read More »Tunisia unveils draft of new constitution ahead of referendum
Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | Tunisian President Kais Saied has validated the draft of a new constitution and unveiled it to the public ahead of the constitutional referendum scheduled for July 25. The draft constitution, published late Thursday in the official bi-weekly gazette Journal of the Republic of Tunisia, comprises 10 …
Read More »Will Tunisia’s constitutional referendum serve “new republic” purpose?
Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | Tunisian President Kais Saied has declared that a constitutional referendum will be held on July 25, the country’s Republic Day, for a “new republic.” However, the referendum, which aims to replace the 2014 constitution, is being boycotted by the main political parties in the North African …
Read More »Mak don challenges appointment of high court judges in acting capacity
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University lecturer Dr. Kabumba Busingye and lawyer Andrew Karamagi, have petitioned the Constitutional court seeking to declare the new appointments of 16 High Court judges in acting capacity as illegal. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni appointed 16 Judges of the High Court to serve …
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