The Constitutional Court in Kampala has dismissed the case filed by Kitgum woman MP, Beatrice Anywar and four civil society organizations who were jointly seeking an indictment against government for the payment of 20 million shillings MPs early this year during election campaigns. The Judiciary publicist, Elias Kisawuzi read the ruling, made by five judges led by the Deputy […]
The independents Members of parliament who attended the NRM retreat in Kyakwanzi recently today locked themselves in a secret meeting trying to weigh the merits and demerits of the case against them by the complainants so as they defend themselves . This meeting came after the petitioner led by Mustafa Ssemugenyi , Patrick Kinyera and Aruu member of […]
The constitutional court has stopped the trial of former LRA commander Col. Thomas Kwoyelo, the only former LRA official currently facing charges under the war crimes court. Kwoyelo alias Latoni was in July charged in the Gulu Based International Crimes Division with several counts of murder, kidnap, destruction of property and aggravated robbery among others. He […]
By Mugisa Isaac Mathias The Supreme Court will on Friday hear two petitions challenging the dismissal of 70 Member of Parliament from parliament in a case filed against William Okecho and the government. The Supreme Court pane of five Judges led by Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki will handle the petition one filled by the Attorney […]
The Constitutional Court has stopped the Electoral Commission from deregistering the Kampala Central mayoral candidate Erias Lukwago from the Kampala mayoral race. The Electoral Commission had summoned Lukwago for an explanation tomorrow after Geoffrey Serwadda asked EC to disqualify Lukwago for having been involved in a criminal case with the court martial in 2005. The […]
The political careers of over 70 current MPs continue to hang in balance following a landmark constitutional Court ruling that said MPs who changed political party allegiance automatically lost their current seats in Parliament, and that their nomination by the electoral commission for Parliamentary seats is null and void. Here is the full judgment by […]
Uganda’s Constitutional Court on Thursday declared the practice of female circumcision also known as Female Genital Mutilation as unconstitutional, contending that it abuses the fundamental rights of women. In a ruling that would have been declared as landmark one had the parliament of Uganda not passed a law banning FGM recently, the five justices of […]