CASTRO PIUS SHIRIMA v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI & 6 OTHERS

Case Number	REFERENCE NO. 8 OF 2016
Summary	Following a Notice of Withdrawal of Reference No.8 of 2018 filed in this Court on 20th April 2018 by Mr. Moto M. Mabanga, Agent of the Applicant, the 1st, 5th and 6th Respondents in their respective responses to the said Notice stated that they had no objection to the withdrawal, but that they were praying for costs, while the 3rd Respondent stated that he had no objection to the withdrawal with no costs. Other Respondents did not react to the Notice of withdrawal. The matter was fixed for hearing on 20th March 2019 and representatives of the 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th Respondents appeared while the Applicant and the 3rd , 4th and 7th Respondents did not appear in Court.
Respondent	THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH SUDAN, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, THE ATTOERNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA and THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
Complainant	CASTRO PIUS SHIRIMA
Date filed
Countries	Burundi , East African Community , Kenya , Rwanda , South Sudan , Tanzania , Uganda
Keyword
Treaty Article

Verdict	It is settled law in this Court that when a case was brought in the public interest, parties had been ordered to bear their own costs (see for example, East African Law Society Vs. The Secretary General of East African Community. EACJ Reference No.7 of 2014; The East African Centre for Trade Policy and Law Vs. The Secretary General of the East African Community. EACJ Reference No.9 of 2012). We find no good reasons to depart from this position in the instant Reference. Given the foregoing, therefore, we hereby decide that Reference No. 8 of 2016 is withdrawn and that each party shall bear its own costs. It is so order
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Date delivered	March 20, 2019
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