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Daily Monitor Monday April 05 2021 Advertisement A human rights watchdog company has petitioned the Supreme Court challenging staying the implementation of the late lawyer Bob Kasango’s Constitutional Court orders. Key to orders was that judges should first resign their judicial assignments before taking up the Executive/ constitutional postings. Legal Brains Trust Ltd in its application filed before the Supreme Court last Thursday said the same court mechanically passed the ruling to stay the implementation in Kasango judgment. The company wants the same ruling set aside, among other requests. “The ruling contravened known principals upon which applications for interim orders are granted in constitutional matters. When I saw the coram on the cause-list, I realised that the 2015 constitutional amendment, which requires seven justices of the Supreme Court to be empaneled in appeals from the Constitutional Court, had not been complied with,” Ms Isab ....
This week, Kyagulanyi also sought to amend his petition and introduced other grounds. He contends that as an incum-bent, Museveni was not supposed to take part in the January 14 presidential election. “Contrary to Articles 102 (2) (b) and 219 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda as amended and S. 4 (b) of the Presidential Elections Act as amended, the 1st Respondent [Museveni] was not qualified for election as president while in the office of head of state, head of government, commander in chief and chairperson of the National Security Council,” Kyagulanyi contends. STATE RESOURCES He says Museveni abused the presidency by commanding or directing forces under his command, control and authority such as the Special Forces Command, Uganda People’s Defence Forces, Uganda Police Force, Internal Security Organisation, Resident District Commissioners, Local Defense Unit and Special Police Constables to brutalize, torture, maim and assault him, his agents and s ....
Daily Monitor Saturday January 23 2021 The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (left) Friday said he was still pondering on whether to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the outcome of the 2021 presidential election which saw Mr Yoweri Museveni (right) declared winner. Summary For now, Mr Kyagulanyi who is currently confined to his home in Magere, Wakiso District by a joint military and Police force, has nine days to file his petition in the Supreme Court. Another lawyer who has litigated in all levels of courts of judicature and sometimes won and other times lost, Male Mabirizi Kiwanuka said although he agrees that the appointment of judges sometime hinders their capacity to execute their duties without bias, he nevertheless believes that they have the capacity to annul an election. ....