Court bans exams on Muslim public holidays
May 12, 2021 Students sitting for national exams earlier this year
The Constitutional court has issued a permanent injunction restraining the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) from conducting examinations on any day that coincided with any relevant Muslim religious holidays like Idd Adhua or Idd El Fitr.
According to the judgement of the five justices; Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Elizabeth Musoke, Cheborion Barishaki, Muzamiru Kibeedi and Irene Mulyagonja, if Uneb makes an examination timetable before ascertaining the exact date of any relevant Muslim religious holiday and the examination date falls on a religious holiday, that examination shall be postponed to a later date.
Daily Monitor
Sunday May 02 2021
Former Electoral Commission chairperson Badru Kiggundu (centre) testifies before the Supreme Court during the Amama Mbabazi election petition in 2016 . PHOTOS/ FILE
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Five years ago, the Supreme Court seemed to have okayed the idea by the Electoral Commission that it could withdraw a national voters register but this week the Constitutional Court ruled that such an act is illegal,
Derrick Kiyonga writes.
In March 2016, Nobert Mao, sporting his customary suit, made an intermittent visit to the Supreme Court, in Kololo, Kampala.
The Democratic Party’s president general’s visit to the Supreme Court was because he wanted to listen to the judgment of the case in which former prime minister Amama Mbabazi challenged the victory of his former boss, President Museveni, on grounds that it was fraught with fraud.
Daily Monitor
Saturday May 01 2021
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The omission of Mao’s name came about after the electoral body retired the old voter’s register of 2011 that had Mao’s name. Mao is the current president general of the opposition, Democratic Party (DP).
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The Constitutional Court has faulted the Electoral Commission (EC) for having five years ago, not nominated Nobert Mao, as one of the parliamentary candidates for then Gulu Municipality for the 2016 polls, claiming that he was not a registered voter.
The omission of Mao’s name came about after the electoral body retired the old voter’s register of 2011 that had Mao’s name. Mao is the current president general of the opposition, Democratic Party (DP).
Daily Monitor
Friday April 30 2021
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Kinshasa had accused Kampala of breaching its duty to protect its property from being auctioned by private individuals for non-payment of rent.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has failed to recover three of its prime embassy properties it claims were grabbed in Uganda following unsuccessful court litigation.
DRC had in its 2018 petition sought to recover its land comprising Plot 14 on Mbuya Road, Plot 12 on Salmon Rise at Bugolobi in Kampala and another on Plot 7B Acacia Avenue in Kololo.
Kinshasa had accused Kampala of breaching its duty to protect its premises, including its private residences in Uganda and other properties, which it argued, were immune from attachment over any debt.