Upcountry supporters have started arriving in Kampala in various buses to attend a court session on Wednesday and witness the appearance of opposition leaders and Activists for Change (A4C). The president of FDC Col. Kiiza Besigye has kindly requested all those who would like to stand surety for the famous five plus nine FDC supporters to be at Buganda Road Court with passports/IDs and an LC letters by 8:00am. He also called on human rights lawyers to avail their services to the opposition.

Dr Kizza Besigye, together with Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago (DP) have been summoned to answer changes of unlawful assembly in connection with the death of Assistant Inspector of Police John Bosco Ariong.

The Chief Magistrates Court at Buganda Road, presided over by Ms Eleanor Khainza, summoned Besigye and Lukwago with Kawempe Division chairperson Mubarak Munyagwa, FDC women league leader ms Ingrid Turinawe and Kampala Woman MP ms Nabilah Naggayi to appear before her on Wednesday.  Ms Khainza also issued production warrants for the nine people who were last week remanded to Luzira Prison over the killing of AIP Ariong.

The nice suspects on remand are Harold Kaija, Robert Kavuma, Mohammed Ssebugwawo, Hanifah Nakitende, Abdu Mutwalib Kayondo, Malik Nsubuga, Ismail Kirya, Farida Nalubega and Hajj Twalib Kakande. The LC5 woman councilor for Mpigi district, ms Catherine Ddembe, was also summoned. Ddembe is currently in comma over alleged police torture and beating. The government alleges that on March 21, between Kafumbe-Mukasa road, Namirembe Road and Mini-Price building on Ben Kiwanuka Street in Kampala the suspects formed an unlawful assembly with the purpose of inciting members of the public against the police leading to the death of Ariong and injuring of AIPs Wabwire, Police Constable Julius Olweng.

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Hundreds of people in Kampala have called in radio talk shows wondering how the former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) director; George Agaba, a person facing murder charges could be released on bail pending trial and his co accused, and a guard Santos Makmot remains in the prison.

Some of the callers wondered whether Agaba is out because he is a son of Sam Kutesa, the minister of Uganda for Foreign Affairs or it’s because Agaba is a member of NRM and comes from western Uganda. Most of the callers requested the court to take back Agaba to Luzira prison.

The Nakawa High Court Judge Faith Mwondha granted Agaba bail on Thursday two months since he was remanded in Luzira prison over murder. Agaba is supposed to report to the Chief Magistrates Court every two weeks. Justice Mwondha gave Agaba bail on grounds of ill-health in connection to spinal sickness and his former body guard, Makmot Santos remained on remand.

Agaba was remanded to Luzira prison on January 31 in connection with the botched demolition exercise in Kampala in which one person was killed and scores injured.

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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon are among the world leaders who have left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after attending the 18th African Union summit.

Others who have left Ethiopiaare Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi, and Libyan interim Prime Minister Abderrahim el-Keib. Over 40 heads of states attended the summit.

The summit kicked off with the selection of Benin’s President  Thomas Boni Yayi as the African Union chairman for the year running.  The chief guests at the summit were from China and UN.

Beijing also donated $200-million to African Union headquarters. Giving remarks on the donation, Museveni thanked china for promoting mutual interests inAfrica.

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 Reference No 2 of 2012,

 The Democratic Party ——– Applicant

 Versus

 1. The Attorney General of Uganda (Sued in representative capacity)- 1st Respondent

2. The Attorney General ofKenya                                                      – 2nd Respondent.

3. The Attorney General ofBurundi                                                    – 3rd Respondent.

4. The Attorney General ofRwanda                                                      – 4th Respondent.

5. The Secretary General East African Community.                             – 5th Respondent.

 The case filed by the Democratic Party through its Legal Adviser is for Declaratory Orders to all the respondent countries that non- deposit of a Declaration Infringes the Law as required under Article 5 of the African charter on Human and Peoples Rights and Art 34(6) of the Protocol of the Charter on Human and Peoples Rights for the establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples Rights, and the Vienna Convention on the Law of treaties 1969.

 All the East African Countries Ratified the above Charter and Protocol but have not (The Respondents), Other than Tanzania, Deposited a Special Declaration submitting to the Competence of this Court to handle individual cases by Partner States Nationals and Rights NGOs with grievances to access this court as required by the above law.

 Without Depositing the Declaration aforesaid only African Governments as State Parties have the audience of this court to hear their grievances on human rights violations although it’s more unlikely that governments have grievances on rights violations, in fact they are the biggest violators of rights making it look like the poacher turned game keeper.

 It is for this reason that Democratic party Chief Legal Adviser Fred Denis Mukasa Mbidde of (Mbidde & Co Advocates) together with Justine Semuyaba of (Semuyaba, Yiga & Co Advocates) have jointly ,on behalf of the Party filed and will accordingly  urgue this case at the East African Court of Justice sitting at Arusha.

 This is going to be anEastAfricanLandmark case according to the Registry with a full BAR of East African Attorneys General sued in vicarious capacity.

 The above case will go along way to reestablishUgandaandEast Africaon the Course of Integration based on the Rule of Law and Constitutionalism. East African Governments according to Rule 30 of the Rules of Procedure for the East African Court of Justice have Each 45 days within which to file their responses and the Applicant will then have 45 days within which to file rejoinders for the case to be set down for hearing and consequent determination.

 By Mukasa Fred Mbidde

Chief Legal Adviser-DP

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The company announced that Entebbe is their third East African operation with four non-stop weekly flights between Entebbe and Bahrain.

The inaugural flight GF719 from Bahrain International Airport landed in Entebbe International Airport at 15.45 PM on 5^th December 2012 carrying a high-level delegation onboard that included airline representatives and members of the media from the Middle East, led by the airline’s Chief Services Officer Mr. Marcus Bernhardt.

The welcome ceremony included a water salute and an official reception by Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Managing Director, Dr. W. Rama Makuza.

Addressing the media Bernhardt said they delighted to re-commence services to Entebbe.

He says with the commencement of our services between Bahrain and Entebbe, they are opening the doors for commercial and tourism opportunities in East Africa, the MENA region and beyond.

Bernhardt adds that they are hopeful this new route will be a success for both passenger and cargo operations as well as facilitating business and leisure traffic between the two countries and beyond.

He says Gulf Air is the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain and the largest network operator in the Middle East.

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