East African Law Society sues Uganda govt over internet shutdown
March 13, 2021 Written by URN EALS president Bernard Oundo and Ugandan lawyer Steven Kalali at the East African sub-registry in Kampala
The East African Law Society (EALS) has sued the government of Uganda seeking compensation to everyone who was affected by its actions of shutting down the internet during the just concluded general elections.
The law society that brings together more than 18,000 lawyers from the seven East African countries has sued the Attorney General of Uganda as the first respondent and the secretary-general of East African Community (EAC) as the second respondent in the case filed on Friday evening at the East African Court of Justice sub-registry in Kampala.