A REQUEST BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION PURSUANT TO ARTICLES 14 (4) AND 36 OF THE TREATY

by admin | Mar 19, 2019

Consensus- The principle of variable geometry- Unanimity- whether variable geometry could be applied to guide the community’s integration process- whether consensus in decision-making implied unanimity. Articles 7 (e), 12 (3), 14(4), 15 (4), 23(1), 27, 36 and 148 of...

DEMOCRATIC PARTY v. THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY & 4 OTHERS

by admin | Aug 11, 2015

The Appellant averred that the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Respondents were all signatories to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and the Protocol and yet they had failed, refused or delayed to make declarations to accept the competence of the African Court on...

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA v. TOM KYAHURWENDA

by admin | Aug 10, 2015

On 2nd October 2012, Mr. Tom Kyahurwenda (the Plaintiff), lodged Civil Suit No. 298 of 2012 in the High Court of the Republic of Uganda against the Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda (the Defendant), in which he averred that the actions of the Defendant in the...

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA v. AFRICAN NETWORK FOR ANIMAL WELFARE

by admin | Aug 10, 2015

The Applicant /Respondent, a charitable animal welfare organisation filed Reference No 9 of 2010 seeking inter alia orders permanently restraining the Appellant / Respondent from upgrading the Natta-Mugumu – Kleins Gate Loliondo Road averring that this would...

PATRICK NTEGE WALUSIMBI & 2 OTHERS v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UGANDA & 5 OTHERS

by Salim Salim | Feb 27, 2015

A.    BACKGROUND The Reference filed by the Applicants has been prompted by the action of the Republic of South Sudan of applying to join as a member of the East African Community on 11th November, 2011. They allege that the Partner States are in their final stages of...