AVOCATS SANS FRONTIER v. MBUGUA MUREITHI WA NYAMBURA & 2 OTHERS

By the Applicant ‘s  Notice of Motion dated 3rd May, 2013, it has sought orders for leave to intervene as Amicus Curiae in Reference No.11 of 2011 between Mbugua Mureithi wa Nyambura and the Attorneys General of the Republics of Uganda and Kenya. It also seeks that upon leave aforesaid being granted, it should be allowed to make written and oral submissions at the hearing of the Reference.

It states that it wishes to join the proceedings as amicus curiae for the  reason that it wishes to contribute to inter-­‐alia, the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community with regard to the independent of, and freedoms and fundamental rights of lawyers and Law Societies in the East African region.

The Attorney General of Uganda in opposition to the Motion filed an Affidavit in Reply sworn by George Kallemera, Senior State Attorney and it is his argument that the motion is frivolous and lacks merit because: there is no exceptional or technical contribution the Applicant possesses that the Court cannot obtain from existing Parties to the Reference; and the Applicant’s core function is contrary to the whole purpose of amicus curiae.