Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | David Calvin Echodu, an aspirant for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Central Executive Committee (CEC) Chairperson for Eastern Uganda, has petitioned NRM Secretary General Richard Todwong over alleged widespread irregularities in the official delegates’ register for the forthcoming elections. Through his lawyers, Kaganzi and …
Read More »NRM tribunal closes hearing petitions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement (NRM) elections tribunal has concluded the hearing of petitions of Members of Parliament arising from the July 17th party primaries. Addressing journalists in Kampala on Tuesday, the NRM Director for Legal Affairs Counsel Enoch Barata, confirmed that the tribunal will …
Read More »Judiciary yet to allocate 2021 election petitions for fresh hearing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary is yet to identify judges who will be allocated 15 election petitions that were sent back to the High Court for a fresh hearing. Following the general elections of 2021, the Judiciary registered 160 petitions at the Parliamentary and local Council levels. …
Read More »Soroti high court registers six election petitions
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti High Court has recorded six election petitions from the Karamoja and Teso sub-regions. The petitions are from Dodoth East Constituency in Kaabong District, Toroma County in Katakwi district, Soroti East and Soroti West Divisions in Soroti City, Ngora County in Ngora district and Matheniko …
Read More »Male Mabirizi Vs Alfonse Owiny-Dollo
Will the Chief Justice quit Kyagulanyi’s presidential election petition? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Supreme Court is preparing to hear lawyer Male Mabirizi’s application he filed on Feb.11 asking Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, the Chief Justice, to disqualify or recuse himself from participation in the hearing and determination of the …
Read More »All judges may be called upon to hear election petitions; 127 on standby
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges in all courts across the country are to put aside all they have been handling and give attention to disputes that may arise from the forth-coming elections. Speaking to Journalists in Kampala, Jamson Karemani, the Judiciary Spokesperson, said when it comes to election petitions, all judges …
Read More »India’s top court orders halt to stubble burning as Delhi chokes
New Delhi, India | AFP | India’s top court has ordered a complete halt to stubble burning around Delhi, a major contributor to lethal smog that on Tuesday kept the metropolis of 20 million people choking in air rated “very poor”. The Supreme Court said the capital’s residents were “losing precious …
Read More »Parliament to set up an electronic petitioning system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament plans to set up an electronic system that will allow members of the public who are unable to deliver their petitions physically in Kampala or through legislators to do so electronically. The plan is among the 25 targets Parliament has set for the …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Law society petitions court over judiciary administration bill
THIS WEEK: Law society petitions court over judiciary administration bill Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Under their professional body Uganda Law Society (ULS), lawyers have petitioned the constitutional court over failure to pass the judiciary administration bill and government actions that impend the judiciary from attaining the self -accounting …
Read More »Why not have an East African Supreme Court to decide?
Justice Kasule’s decent proposal on presidential election petitions Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Two weeks after Kenya’s repeat election held on Oct.26, Justice Remmy Kasule of Uganda’s Constitution Court, bounced a novel idea off another distinguished legal brain in the region— Dr. Willy Mutunga, former chief justice of Kenya. Justice …
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