Mawazo’s father seeks justice in court

>With the jurisdiction of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) now extended to cover trade and investments, the future looks bright for the institution, according to the outgoing Registrar Dr. John Ruhangisa. “The future of the Court is bright,” he said during a media briefing on the achievements made since the judicial organ of the East African Community (EAC) came into being in 2001.

The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) wants its day in court this week to seek justice over what it described as ‘a rape of justice’ by CCM during the just ended General Elections.

>Three Constitutional Court judges have unanimously ruled that the re-appointment of retired Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki was unconstitutional in a case in which the court was petitioned on whether President Yoweri Museveni was right to re-appoint him (Odoki).

>There’re at least three ongoing criminal cases in Tanzania, involving prominent political opposition leaders. The latest is in Dar es Salaam against some Civic United Front members, including National Chairman Ibrahim Lipumba, charged with organizing and/or participating in an unlawful assembly January 27 this year

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EA Court Of Justice Shuts Down Legislative Assembly Elections In Tanzania
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The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has faulted the election of Tanzania's representatives to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), saying it violated Article 50(1) of the EAC Treaty. The judgment was delivered on September 26 by the First ...

Chief Justice, Augustino Ramadhani The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has elected its new leadership body placing Tanzania’s Chief Justice Augustino Ramadhani as the new president of Africa’s continental court. The new governing bureau was approved at the beginning of its 34th Ordinary Session here on Monday where Lady Justice Elsie N. Thompson was honoured the new court’s Vice President. The current bureau replaces Hon. Lady Justice Sophia A. B. Akuffo and Hon....

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) will ask African Union heads of state to revoke the law requiring them to make a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the judicial organ.

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Court seeks more information on extradition case
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RULING of the extradition case against the leader of Congo-based Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Jamil Mukulu has been delayed, as the court demanded additional information in support of the application to satisfy that the respondent ...
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 A Tanzanian businessman, suing a leading oil and gas exploration firm Ophir Energy over interests in three gas blocs, has asked the High Court to disregard a judgment of an English court in deciding his case.