Tag Archives: Constitution

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kira Municipality MP, Ibrahim Ssemujju has challenged the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) involvement in events to mark the Tarehe Sita, which he said offends the constitution. Every 6th of February, the army celebrates the National Resistance Army’s raid on Kabamba Military Barracks, which launched …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Appeal Division of the East African Court of Justice has set February 24, 2022 as the date to hear the case in which lawyer Male Mabirizi-Kiwanuka is challenging the age limit removal from the Constitution of Uganda. A hearing notice dated January 17, by …

Yerevan, Armenia | Xinhua | Armenian President Armen Sarkissian on Sunday announced his resignation, citing the lack of constitutional power for him to solve domestic and foreign policy problems. In a statement posted on the presidential website, he attributed his resignation to “a paradoxical situation when the President has to be a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has allowed counsel Michael Aboneka and Martins Kirya to continue pursuing their suit against the government for alleged failure to translate the 1995 Constitution into indigenous languages. Civil Division High Court Judge, Boniface Wamala made the ruling after rejecting the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Justice Forum (JEEMA) party has put in place a Constitutional Review Committee to oversee an overhaul of the party’s constitution. According to Secretary-General Muhammad Katerega, the committee will be headed by Professor Abas Kiyimba of Makerere University. It will comprise of Derrick Namakajo, Haruna Musanje, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Professor George Kanyeihamba has said if Parliament pushes through President Yoweri Kaguta Musveni’s proposal of scrapping bail for capital offenders, it would be an affront on the constitution that must be resisted by all Ugandans. Speaking to the media …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Male Mabirizi Hassan Kiwanuka first shot to prominence in 2016 after he sued the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II, following a directive by Buganda Land Board, the body that manages the Kingdom’s land to register all bibanja holders for them to get lease land …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On April 12, 2021, city lawyer Male Hassan Mabirizi wrote a letter to the Secretary General of the Electoral Commission demanding that he be availed with a copy of the constitution of the National Unity Platform-NUP. The party changed leadership in 2020 from Moses Nkonge …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs has asked Parliament to reject three proposed legislation’s seeking to amend the Constitution. The three private member’s bills include one tabled by Jinja Municipality East MP Paul Mwiru, another by Kibanda South MP Jack Odur Lutanywa and the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has filed an appeal petitioning the decision by the East African Court first instance division which dismissed his petition against the removal of the presidential age limit from Uganda’s constitution. Mabirizi filed a 34,800-page record of appeal at the East …