Sunday, March 27, 2016

MBABAZI VERSUS MUSEVENI 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PETITION : SUPREME COURT MUST EXPOUND ON THE SUBSTANTIALITY TES PRINCIPLE



 MBABAZI VERSUS MUSEVENI 2016 PRESIDENTIAL PETITION  :

SUPREME COURT MUST EXPOUND ON THE SUBSTANTIALITY TEST PRINCIPLE

Counsel for the petitioner Byamukama and first respondent Kiwanuka kiryowa made us proud at the bar in their closing arguments in the Mbabazi vs Museveni & Ors presidential petition.

Their clarity of thought and being alive to the facts and law was quite exemplary .I mean ,as lawyers we don’t know the law but we know where to find it -those two , plus our seniour head of the bar, Mwesigwa Rukutana ,about whether AG should be joined in election petitions as a party and Oryem who still argued the substantiality element on behalf of the 1st respondent -stood out in the 2016 election petition.

In my view, there is still a grey area about the issue of substantiality and I’m confident their lordship will definitely deal with it and pronounce themselves in order to grow our jurisprudence. We await their verdict on March 31,2016. Otherwise , for the rest of the issues framed ,I concur with my learned brothers submissions for the respondents .

And in judicial processes ,lets stay clear of partisan political interests . That’s why i stated at the onset of this judicial matter - that we should all submit to their lordship’s wise counsel.

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