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Ugandan court bans national exams on Muslim holidays


The East African
Friday May 14 2021
Invigilators check students at Kibuli Secondary School in Kampala, Uganda, before their examinations on March 1, 2021. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA David | NMG
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Kampala.,
In a landmark judgment for the country, Uganda s Constitutional Court has ordered the government to refrain from having students sit for national exams on gazetted Muslim holidays like Idd-ul-Fitr and Idd al-Adhuha.
In a unanimous decision issued on Tuesday, five justices of the court held that government, through the Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb), has been infringing on rights of Muslim students by doing so.
“I would issue a permanent injunction to order the first respondent (Uneb) to refrain from conducting examinations on any day coinciding with any of the relevant Muslim religious holidays to which Idd-ul-Fitr and Idd al-Adhuha,” ruled Justice Elizabeth Musoke, who wrote the lead judgment. ....

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Musoke-Kibuuka: A judge 'punished' for his frankness


Musoke-Kibuuka: A judge ‘punished’ for his frankness
Tuesday January 12 2021
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After the 2011 General Election, Justice Musoke threw Vice President Prof Gilbert Bukenya out of Parliament for bribing voters to retain Busiro North seat in Wakiso District. Prof Bukenya’s victory had been contested by a member of Democratic Party, Mr Kasta Hussein Bukenya.
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His candle burnt out last Thursday after he succumbed to kidney complications at Nsambya Hospital aged 71.
After the 2011 General Election, Justice Musoke threw Vice President Prof Gilbert Bukenya out of Parliament for bribing voters to retain Busiro North seat in Wakiso District. Prof Bukenya’s victory had been contested by a member of Democratic Party, Mr Kasta Hussein Bukenya. ....

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