Tag Archives: Constitution

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court in Soroti has issued interim orders restraining the caretaker Emorimor, Paul Sande Emolot and the Speaker of Iteso Cultural Union-ICU Council, John Francis Okuma from performing any duties related to the institution. The Soroti High Court Assistant Registrar, Jessica Chemeri issued the orders …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Shaban Galabuzi has slammed the ongoing Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC constitutional review process. Sheikh Galabuzi, who heads the Kibuli based Muslim faction has asked his followers to ignore the calls from the UMSC leadership at Old Kampala to participate in …

Tunis, Tunisia | Xinhua | Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Wednesday evening the dissolution of the Assembly of People’s Representatives, or the parliament. The announcement was made by Saied in a speech broadcast on state television Wataniya 1. “The State is targeted by a desperate coup attempt … My responsibility …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Dr Stephen Kazimba Mugalu, has called for a review of the constitutional provision that states that no business shall be transacted in Parliament before the election of the Speaker. Kazimba was on Wednesday, 24 March 2022 speaking during …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The constitutionality of constituencies demarcated by the Electoral Commission and by the Parliament after the 1995 Constitution are under question. The Constitutional Court in Kampala ruled that the independent Electoral Commission abrogated the constitution, therefore acted unconstitutionally in their demarcation. The Parliament of Uganda together …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human rights promoters and officers from various government entities under the Justice, Law and Order sector have disagreed over calls to amend the Human Rights Enforcement Act. This law which was enacted in 2019, provided for the procedure of enforcing rights under chapter four of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement cadres under the ‘Transformer Cadres Association’, have written to the Electoral Commission asking for the details of the voter register to enable them to embark on their program to collect signatures to force an amendment to the constitution. Through their president …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has committed to fast tracking the formation of a commission that will review the 1995 constitution. This development comes a year after the former minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Maj Gen. Kahinda Otafiire recommended a 14-panel commission led by the …

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 …