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Monday April 05 2021
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A human rights watchdog company has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging staying the implementation of the late lawyer Bob Kasango’s Constitutional Court orders.
Key to orders was that judges should first resign their judicial assignments before taking up the Executive/ constitutional postings.
Legal Brains Trust Ltd in its application filed before the Supreme Court last Thursday said the same court mechanically passed the ruling to stay the implementation in Kasango judgment.
The company wants the same ruling set aside, among other requests.
“The ruling contravened known principals upon which applications for interim orders are granted in constitutional matters. When I saw the coram on the cause-list, I realised that the 2015 constitutional amendment, which requires seven justices of the Supreme Court to be empaneled in appeals from the Constitutional Court, had not been complied with,” Ms Isabella Nakiyonga, one of t
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Daily Monitor
Saturday February 20 2021
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The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and seven other judges; Dr Esther Kisaakye Kitimbo, Stella Arach-Amoko, Rubby Aweri Opio, Faith Essy Mwondha, Ezekiel Muhanguzi, Percy Night Tuhaise, and Mike Chibita dismissed Mr Kyagulanyi’s application.
This therefore means court will only allow the additional 50 affidavits that the NUP lawyers filed within the deadline on Sunday.
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The Supreme Court in Kampala has rejected former presidential candidate, Robert Kyagulanyi’s bid to file additional affidavits in support of his petition challenging the victory of President Museveni in the January 14 elections.
In an eight to one majority ruling Friday evening, justice night Percy Tuhaise dismissed the National Unity Platform (NUP)’s application that sought extra time to file his new affidavits.