Coming up for hearing: 22nd June 2021
Application filed: on 22nd June 2020.
Article: 39 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community.
Rule: 84 of the East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure, 2019.
Subject matter: Injunction against the Government of Uganda from implementing Revised Road Map for 2020/2021 General Elections.
Application seek for interim order of injunction against the Government of the Republic of Uganda its electoral commission, agencies, bodies, other commissions and any setting by whatever name called from implementing some of the decisions/directives contained in the Uganda revised road map for 2020/2021 general elections issued by Uganda Electoral Commission on 16th June 2020 until final determination of the Reference pending before this Court. The Applicant also prays for costs of the application to be provided by the Respondent.
In Reference No. 18 of 2020 Male H. Mabirizi K. Kiwanuka vs The Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda the Applicant alleges that, the decisions/directives contained in the Uganda Revised Road Map for 2020/2021 General Elections issued by the Uganda Electoral Commission on 16th June 2020 are unlawful and infringements on the fundamental and operational principles of the community which include good governance including adherence to the principles of democracy, the rule of law, accountability, transparency and the maintenance of universally accepted standards of human rights.
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