Tag: Constitutional court

Constitutional Court stops Kazinda’s trial in six cases

The Constitutional Court has stopped the Anti- Corruption Court from continued trial of former principal accountant in the Office of ...

NRM top body grants Museveni life presidency card

Court dismisses case by rebel MPs challenging Museveni’s sole candidature

by Kenneth Kazibwe

July 2, 2020

The Constitutional Court in Kampala has thrown out a case in which 11 MPs challenged the ruling National Resistance Movement ...

Muwema: How judges in Uganda have lost their judicial immunity

Judiciary is not a mere department under justice ministry but autonomous – court rules

by Kenneth Kazibwe

March 12, 2020

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the judiciary should be independent and should have its own self-accounting status just like ...

Twist in Sugar Bill as parliament clerk “flees” with minority report

Sugarcane growers take government to court over export ban

by Sam Ibanda Mugabi

September 2, 2019

Sugarcane farmers under their umbrella body Uganda Sugarcane Out Growers Association have petitioned the Constitutional court challenging the government’s decision ...

Museveni warns youths against ‘miracle wealth’; ‘Gov’t has better plans for you’

Singer drags Museveni to Constitutional court challenging his presidential immunity

by Kenneth Kazibwe

May 9, 2019

Singer, producer and music writer Richard Kawesa has challenged the presidential immunity enjoyed by President Museveni as the head of ...

Court dismisses petition challenging polygamy

by Amon Katungulu

September 25, 2018

The Constitutional court yesterday dismissed a petition filed by MIFUMI (U) Ltd an NGO advocating for women and girls' rights ...

Court starts hearing case seeking to kick army MPs from parliament

by Amon Katungulu

September 11, 2018

The Constitutional court today formally opened proceedings into a petition by Ellady Muyambi, a research associate with Africa Human Rights ...

Zimbabwe President Rules Out Coalition Government With Opposition

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa’s lawyers want court to throw out election suit

by Amon Katungulu

August 20, 2018

Zimbabwe’s president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has filed submissions in the country’s Constitutional Court opposing a challenge to his victory by main ...