Court okays Eala Speaker’s impeachment

The former Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala), Ms Margaret Zziwa, who was ousted in December last year following a string of allegations against her by fellow MPs, can now go ahead to challenge her removal in court without seeking leave of the assembly.

The First Instance Division today declined to grant interim injunctions sought in the Applications filed by Hon. Margareth Nantongo Zziwa, Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) and Mbidde Foundation Limited (Applicants) against the Secretary General of the East African Community and the Attorney General of the Republic of Uganda (Respondents) directing EALA to refrain from referring the motions for resolution to remove the speaker of EALA to the allegedly improperly...

 New EALA Speaker Rt. Hon Dan Kidega Rt. Hon Kidega is congratulated by Hon Chris Opoka OkumuRt. Hon Kidega been sworn in by the Deputy Clerk Obatre LumumbaThe East African Legislative Assembly sitting in Arusha, Tanzania, has this afternoon elected Rt Hon Dan Fred Kidega as Speaker. Rt. Hon Kidega becomes the fourth Speaker of EALA, replacing Rt. Hon Margaret Nantongo Zziwa who was removed from Office on Wednesday this week.
Rt. Hon Kidega was elected unopposed after his main contender, Hon...

Madagascar's constitutional court throws out parliament's bid to dismiss President Hery Rajaonarimampianina.

The East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) finally approved a motion barring its Speaker, Ms Margaret Nantongo Zziwa, from presiding over its sessions and any functions of the office.

Court okays hearing of two CA petitions
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THE Attorney General (AG) yesterday lost another bid before the High Court to block two actions seeking to question the conduct of the Constituent Assembly (CA). Judges Augustine Mwarija, Aloysius Mujulizi and Fauz Twaib dismissed a ground of objection ...

Embattled Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) Margaret Zziwa yesterday accused her detractors of seeking to oust her because they saw her as an obstacle to their quest to raise their salaries.

>Reconciliation and unity will be among the priorities for Dan Fred Kidega, the new Speaker of the crisis-ridden East African Legislative Assembly (Eala).

>The heat in the East African Legislative Assembly intensified yesterday with embattled Speaker of the House Margaret Zziwa declaring that she was still in office.