| EACJ Faults Amendment of Treaty but Upholds Dispute Settlement Mechanisms |
| Arusha, 10 May 2013: The East African Court of Justice (First Instance Division) today delivered judgment in a reference where the East African Centre for Trade Policy and Law sought declarations against the Secretary General of the East African Community that... Read on |
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| Court Stays Proceedings in EAC-Employee Dispute |
| Arusha, 2 May 2013: The First Instance Division of EACJ today dismissed an Application by the Secretary General to have the Claim filed by Angella Amudo declared as time barred for its being misguided and misconceived. Read on |
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| EAC Asks Regional Court to Dismiss Suit by Former Employee |
| Arusha, 23 April 2013: The Secretary General of the East African Community has asked the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice to dismiss a suit filed by a former employee of the intergovernmental organization as a result of a dispute over the duration of her contract. Read on |
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| EACJ Holds 1st Sitting in Dar es Salaam to Hear Case Challenging EAC Summit Directives |
| Arusha, 18 April 2013: The East African Court of Justice First Instance Division yesterday held its hearing session in Dar es Salaam at the Commercial Court of Tanzania. The case pits Timothy Alvin Kahoho a Tanzanian citizen against the EAC Secretary General. Read on |
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| EACJ to hold a Two Day session in Dar es Salaam, 17- 18 April |
| Arusha, 11 April 2013: The East African Court of Justice First Instance Division will on 17th to 18th April 2013, hold its first sitting out of Arusha. The Division will hear the first case of the 2nd Quarterly session in Dar es Salaam- Tanzania. Read on |
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| Chief Justice of Burundi officially opens EAC Bujumbura Sub-registry |
| Arusha, 4 March 2013: The East African Court of Justice officially launched its last Sub-registry in Bujumbura, Burundi Friday 1 March 2013. Read on |
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| EACJ to Launch Sub-registry in Bujumbura 1 March |
| Arusha, 26 February 2013: The East African Court of Justice will Friday 1 March 2013 launch its newest sub-registry in Bujumbura, Burundi. Read on |
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| EACJ Concludes Longest Ever Session Since Inception |
| Arusha, 14 February 2013: The East African Court of Justice Thursday ended its longest sessions ever, which began on 14 January and wounded up 14 February 2013. Read on |
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| EALS Allowed to File Additional Evidence in “Walk to Work” Case |
| Arusha, 13 February 2013: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice today granted leave to the East African Law Society (EALS) to file additional evidence in the “Walk to Work” case. Read on |
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| EALA Speaker, Members Join Court Contest over Election to Regional Assembly |
| Arusha, 5 February 2013: The First Instance Division of the EACJ has granted leave to Hon. Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly, and eight other EALA Members from Uganda to appear as interveners in a case... Read on |
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| Uganda Dragged to EACJ After Kenyan Citizen Claims Denied Entry into Country |
| Arusha, 18 January 2013: The EACJ’s First Instance Division Friday began hearing a case in which a Kenyan citizen alleges the Ugandan Government denied him entry into the country in 2011. Read on |
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| EALS Asks to File Additional Evidence in ‘Walk to Work’ Case |
| Arusha, 16 January 2013: The East African Court of Justice will 13 February 2013 deliver its ruling on an application by the East African Law Society (EALS) seeking the Court’s permission to allow it to file additional video recorded evidence on the 'Walk to Work' case. Read on |
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| EACJ Entertains Kenya’s Alcon Pay Dispute Case Witnesses |
| Arusha, 15 January 2013: The First Instance Division today entertained evidence/ witnesses in Court for the first time on the matter between Alcon International against Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited for not paying them for the construction of a building known as Workers House in Kampala, Uganda. Read on |
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| Kenya AG Opposes IMLU Application for Review of Judgment |
| Arusha, 8 January 2013: The East African Court of Justice will Friday 7 September 2012 launch a sub-registry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read on |
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| EACJ to Launch Sub-registry in Dar es Salaam 7 September |
| Arusha, 5 September 2012: The East African Court of Justice will Friday 7 September 2012 launch a sub-registry in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Read on |
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| EACJ Mourns Deceased Former Judge President Justice Joseph Mulenga |
| Arusha, 30 August 2012: The East African Court of Justice has joined the judicial fraternity and East Africans in mourning the departed Justice Joseph Nyamihana Mulenga, who passed on Wednesday 29 August in Kampala, Uganda. Read on |
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| Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Representatives Visit EACJ |
| Arusha, 21 August 2012: Court requires enhanced capacity building as it is one of the main issues in its Strategic Plan, says Judge President. Read on |
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| Chief Justice of Rwanda officially opens EACJ Kigali Sub-registry |
| Arusha, 10 August 2012: “I would like to reaffirm that the judiciary will remain supportive of the EACJ activities where such support is required and is consistent with the integration project,” says His Lordship Sam Rugege. Read on |
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| EACJ to Launch Sub-registry in Kigali 10 August |
| Arusha, 7 August 2012: The East African Court of Justice will Friday 10 August 2012 launch a sub-registry in Kigali, Rwanda. Read on |
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| EACJ Dismisses Case Challenging Roadmap for Political Federation |
| Arusha, 19 July 2012: The First Instance Division of the EACJ has dismissed a case seeking to block the East African Community Secretariat from carrying out activities geared towards the realization of the East African Political Federation. Read on |
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| EACJ Asked to Dismiss Case Challenging Roadmap for Political Federation |
| Arusha, 13 July 2012: The EAC Secretary General Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera today asked the East African Court of Justice to dismiss with costs an application seeking an interim order to restrain the EAC Secretariat from executing a directive by the Summit of Heads of State to recommend a roadmap for the attainment of the East African Political Federation. Read on |
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| Opposition FDC Withdraws EALA Elections Petition, Ordered to Pay Costs |
| Arusha, 11 July 2012: The First Instance Division of the EACJ today granted a request by Uganda’s Shadow Attorney General and member of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change for the withdrawal of a case challenging the election of Ugandan representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly, but ordered the applicant to bear the costs for the suit. Read on |
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| EACJ Judge President, Principal Judge Now Full-time in Arusha |
| Arusha, 2 July 2012: The EACJ Judge President Hon. Mr. Justice Harold Nsekela and Principal Judge Hon. Mr. Justice Johnston Busingye from today, 2 July 2012, officially assume office on full-time basis at the seat of the Court in Arusha, Tanzania. Read on |
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| Rwanda Loses Appeal Over Military Officer’s Detention |
| Arusha, 22 June 2012: The EACJ Appellate Division today upheld the decision of the First Instance that the Court has jurisdiction to apply and interpret the provisions of the EAC Treaty, including Articles 6(d), 7(2) and 8(1) which provide for the fundamental principles of the Community on good governance. Read on |
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| EALS Asks Court to Nullify Protocol Provisions on Dispute Settlement |
| Arusha, 4 May 2012: The East African Law Society (EALS) wants the EACJ to declare null and void two protocol clauses that legislate the settlement of disputes in the Customs Union and Common Market respectively, citing what it claims are inconsistencies with various provisions of the EAC Treaty. Read on |
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| Former EAC Employees Lose Latest Bid For Terminal Benefits |
| Arusha, 27 April 2012: Former employees of the defunct East African Community Thursday lost an appeal to be paid terminal benefits after the Appellate Division of the EACJ confirmed a ruling by the First Instance Division dismissing their claims. Read on |
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| EACJ Adjourns Hearing of Terror Case Appeal |
| Arusha, 25 April 2012: The Appellate Division of the EACJ today adjourned hearing of Application No 1 of 2012 that pits Omar Awadhi and 6 Others against The Attorney General of Uganda pending determination of whether an Appeal by the latter was filed in time. Read on |
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| Rwanda Appeals EACJ Judgment in Soldier’s Detention Case |
| Arusha, 23 April 2012: The Rwanda Attorney General Monday asked the EACJ’s Appellate Division to overrule a judgment of its lower court declaring the detention of Lt. Col Rugigana Ngabo by the Rwandan government as being in breach of the fundamental and operational principles of the East African Community. Read on |
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| Uganda AG Seeks EACJ Intervention over EALA Polls |
| Arusha, 3 April 2012: The Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda today asked the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to intervene in order to ensure elections are held on time for aspiring Ugandan Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Read on |
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| Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Representatives Visit EACJ |
| Arusha, 27 March 2012: A delegation of 25 Country Representatives of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) offices in Sub- Saharan Africa today paid a courtesy visit to the East African Court of Justice to discuss its achievements, challenges and role as a motor of regional integration in East Africa. Read on |
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| Kenya’s Alcon Wins Appeal in Pay Dispute Case |
| Arusha, 17 March 2012: The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice Friday set aside a ruling by the Court’s lower division which had dismissed a case by Kenyan construction company, Alcon International (K) Limited, on grounds that the matter was improperly before the Court. Read on |
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| Regional Court Says Can Hear Serengeti Case, Dismisses Tanzania Appeal |
| Arusha, 16 March 2012: The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice Thursday upheld a ruling of the First Instance Division that it had jurisdiction to hear a case in which a non government organization seeks to block construction of a highway through the Serengeti National Park. Read on |
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| EACJ Grants Stay of Proceedings in Terror Case |
| Arusha, 28 February 2012: The First Instance Division of the EACJ Tuesday granted a stay of proceedings in a case challenging the arrest and handing over of Kenyan citizens by the Government of Kenya to that of Uganda on suspicion of involvement in terror activities. Read on |
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| EACJ Hosts Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition |
| Arusha, 21 February 2012: The East African Court of Justice Tuesday hosted the Tanzania edition of the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Competition, whose purpose was to pick a university to represent Tanzania in the international competition to be held in Washington, USA from 22 March to 2 April 2012. Read on |
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| EA Court to Rule on Serengeti Highway in March |
| Arusha, 24 January 2012: The EACJ will decide 15 March 2012 whether the permanent injunction its lower division handed the Tanzanian Government and effectively blocked the latter’s attempt to construct a highway through the Serengeti National Park should stand. Read on |
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| Defunct EAC Employees’ Case Adjourned |
| Arusha, 20 January 2012: The Appellate Division of the EACJ today granted an adjournment in an Appeal case lodged by former employees of the defunct East African Community after their lawyer failed to show up. Read on |
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| Alcon Seeks EACJ Appellate Division’s Intervention in Pay Dispute |
| Arusha, 19 January 2012: Alcon International Limited, a construction company based in Kenya, has asked the Appellate Division of the EACJ to set aside a ruling by the Court’s First Instance Division striking out its matter on grounds that it was improperly before the Court.... Read on |
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| Kenya AG Challenges Court’s Jurisdiction in Mt. Elgon-Saboat Case |
| Arusha, 6 December 2011: The Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya has asked the Appellate Division of the EACJ to set aside a ruling by the Court’s First Instance Division affirming its jurisdiction in a matter where the Kenyan Government is accused of failing to investigate, prosecute and punish those responsible for executions, acts of torture, cruelty, inhuman and degrading treatment of over 3,000 Kenyan residents in Mount Elgon District... Read on |
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| Court Finds Rwanda in Breach of EAC Treaty |
| Arusha, 1 December 2011: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice Thursday declared that the detention of Lt. Col Rugigana Ngabo by the agents of the Government of Rwanda was in breach of the fundamental and operational principles of the East African Community... Read on |
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| EA Court Gives Kenya Respite in Kampala Terror Case |
| Arusha, 27 October 2011: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice today granted the Republic of Kenya an order for extension of time to file its defense in a case brought against it by the East African Law Society (EALS)... Read on |
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| EACJ to Hold Sensitization Workshop on its Role in the EAC Integration |
| Arusha, 27 October 2011: The East African Court of Justice will next week hold a workshop to sensitize East Africans on its role in the East African Community integration... Read on |
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| EAC Secretary General Asks Court to Dismiss Rwanda Case |
| Arusha, 26 October 2011: The Secretary General of the East African Community has asked the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice to dismiss a case filed by Plaxeda Rugumba in which the latter claims the Secretary General failed to act as required by not investigating the alleged arrest and detention without trial of Lieutenant Colonel Seveline Rugigana Ngabo by the Rwandan Government... Read on |
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| Cases on Rwanda and Kenya/Uganda Next Week |
| Arusha, 21 October 2011: The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) First Instance Division Arusha, on 26 and 27 October 2011, will hear cases on Uganda and Rwanda before the Deputy Principal Judge Hon. Lady Justice Mary Stella Arach Amoko, Hon. M. Justice John Mukwawa, Hon. Mr. Justice Isaack Lenaaola and Hon. Mr. Justice Jean Bosco Butasi in open Court sitting in Arusha, Tanzania... Read on |
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| Court to Rule on Election of EALA Members Next Month |
| Arusha, 29 September 2011: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice will on 27 October deliver a ruling on an Application by the Democratic Party of Uganda for the regional Court to block the election of Ugandan representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA)... Read on |
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| Uganda Given Two Weeks to Respond in ‘Walk to Work’ Case |
| Arusha, 27 September 2011: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice Tuesday gave the Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda a two-week timeframe within which to respond in a case filed against the Government of Uganda by the East Africa Law Society (EALS) following the ‘Walk to Work’ protests in April/May this year.... Read on |
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| Court to Hear Cases On Uganda, Deliver Judgement On Kenya Constitution Case |
| Arusha, 23 September 2011: The First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) will from Tuesday next week hear two applications originating from Uganda, deliver judgement in a case challenging the legality of the new Constitution of Kenya, while a Ruling on Preliminary Objections will be delivered on a fourth... Read on |
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| East African Court Takes Justice Closer to the People |
| Arusha, 13 August 2010: The East African Court of Justice (EACJ), the judicial organ of the East African Community, will hold its session for the first time outside Arusha... Read on |
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| East African Court of Justice Launches 5-Year Strategic Plan |
| Arusha, 31 July 2010: The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) today launched its Strategic Plan for 2010-2015. Read on |
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| EACJ to Develop Five-Year Strategic Plan to Guide Its Operations |
| Arusha, 23 February 2010: The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) today embarked on the development a strategic plan that will guide and direct its activities in the next five years; 2010-2015. Read on |
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