MALE H. MABIRIZI KIWANUKA v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

On 3’· May 2019, Mr. Male H. Mabirizi Kiwanuka did file before this Court Reference No.6 of 2019, Male H. Mabirizi Kiwanuka vs. The Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda, challenging the validity of Uganda’s Constitutional (Amendment) Act No. 1 of 2018. He served the Reference upon the office of the Attorney General of Uganda on 61h May 2019. On 20th June 2019, the Attorney General’s office filed its ‘Answer to the Reference’ and subsequently filed an ‘Affidavit in Reply’ in respect of the same Reference on 21″ June 2019. Both pleadings were served upon the Mr. Mabirizi on 24th June 2019, whereupon he filed Application No.4 of 2019 that is before us presently.

Application No.4 of 2019 was instituted under Article 30 of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community (‘the Treaty’), as well as Rules 21(1), 30(1), 43 and 47 of the East African Court of Justice Rules of Procedure (‘the Rules’). It inter alia sought to have the Answer to the Reference and Affidavit in Reply referred to above struck off the court record, and judgment on admission entered in favour of the Applicant therein, Mr. Mabirizi.