Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has petitioned the East African Court of Justice challenging the recently concluded presidential nominations which he says were marred by irregularities. On Monday and Tuesday this week, the Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama Mugenyi nominated eleven candidates to contest in the …
Read More »Lawyer Male Mabirizi sues EAC secretary general
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | East African Community’s Secretary General Ambassador Liberat Mfumukeko has been sued over his recent press statement in which he accused lawyer Male Mabirizi of misusing the community’s emblem among other allegations. The secretary general has been sued by Mabirizi before the East African Court …
Read More »Court sets date for hearing Rwanda-Uganda border closure case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has summoned the Attorney General of Rwanda and a Ugandan lawyer Steven Kalali to appear in court for the hearing of the border closure case. According to the summons, the Registrar of East African Court of Justice Yufnalis …
Read More »Mabirizi petitions East African Court over new parliamentary positions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi has petitioned the East African Court of Justice seeking to block elections in 46 newly created constituencies and six parliamentary representatives for the elderly. In his application filed in the Registry of the East African Court of Justice in Kampala, Mabirizi wants …
Read More »East African Court of Justice dismisses age limit case
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has dismissed with costs the consolidated cases filed by seven opposition politicians challenging the removal of the age limit law from the Ugandan constitution. The politicians are Winfred Kiiza the Kasese District Woman MP, John Baptist Nambeshe the …
Read More »Court reduces monetary reward to former EALA speaker Margaret Zziwa
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice has revised the compensation award to the former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly Margaret Zziwa from USD 359,376 (1.3 billion Shillings) to USD 175,000 (649 million Shillings) The decision was based on an application filed by …
Read More »Legal Brains Trust challenges Abodo’s appointment as DPP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legal Brains Trust, a Ugandan democracy and human rights watchdog has petitioned the East African Court of Justice challenging the appointment of Justice Jane Francis Abodo as the Director of Public Prosecutions. Jane Francis Abodo was appointed DPP by President Yoweri Museveni in March …
Read More »Age limit appeals fixed for hearing via video conferencing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of three Judges of the East African Court of Justice will hear consolidated appeals challenging the scrapping of the presidential age cap from the Ugandan Constitution. A notice issued by Yufnalis Okubo, the Registrar of the East African Court of Justice shows that …
Read More »Mabirizi petitions East African Court over de-registered suit
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has dragged the government to the East African Court of Justice for de-registering his suit. In his petition, Mabirizi states that on March 20th 2020, he filed an application challenging the directive issued on March 18th by President Yoweri Museveni in which among …
Read More »East African Court dismisses Mabirizi’s application halting 2021 elections
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha in Tanzania has dismissed an application lodged by lawyer Male Mabirizi seeking an interim order halting the 2021 elections. Mabirizi ran to the East African Court of justice challenging the 2018 Constitutional Amendment Act that …
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