Case Number APPLICATION NO. 10 OF 2018 (ARISING FROM REFERENCE NO. 13 OF 2017)
Summary

This is an application by one Prof. Elias Bizuru, the Applicant, seeking for an order from this Court to provisionally restrain the Respondent from making any recruitment for the position of Chief Research and
Innovation Coordination Officer until the final determination of the main Reference, that is, Reference N013 of 2017, in which the Applicant seeks for an order to nullify the Respondent’s decision to re-advertise the said position while he had emerged the best candidate in the earlier original advertisement. The Application was
lodged pursuant to Article 39 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (“The Treaty”) and under Rule 73 of the East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure 2013 (“The Rules”).

The Respondent is the Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA), an entity set up by Inter-University Council for East Africa Act, 2009.

RespondentInter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA)
ComplainantProf. Elias Bizuru
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First Instance Judgment

VerdictIn the upshot, this Application is granted. We do hereby issue an order restraining the Respondent from pursuing the recruitment process in respect of the position of Chief Research and Innovation Coordination Officer in the Inter-University Council of East Africa until the determination of Reference No.13 of 2017 by this Court. Costs shall be in the cause. It is so ordered.
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Date deliveredJuly 5, 2019
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