The judgment date for consolidated petitions challenging the enactment of Constitutional Amendment Bill, (No.2), 2017, popularly referred to as Age limit Bill has been set.
According to the notice issued by registrar of Court of Appeal today, July 26, 2018 has been set as the date in which judgment will be heard in Mbale.
“Take notice that judgment in the consolidated petitions heard in Mbale is now ready for delivery. It will be delivered on the 26th day of July 2018 at 09.30am at Mbale High Court,” the notice reads.
It adds, “if no appearance is made on your behalf by yourself/ or someone by law authorized to act for you, the judgment will be delivered in your absence.”
The petitioners in this consolidated petition who challenged the age limit Bill enactment include; Male Mabirizi, Uganda Law Society, Karuhanga Gerald and 5 others, Prosper Businge and Jonathan Abaine Buregyeya.
On April 19, five judges from the Constitutional Court led by Deputy Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo concluded the hearing of the consolidated petition and vowed to deliver its judgment “on notice.”
However, even after the constitutional mandated 60 working days in which a petition should be disposed of by the court elapsed, there was no notice of judgment, prompting public outcry.
On December 20, 2017 Parliament passed the Bill to remove upper age limit for presidents and other local council. MPs also voted to extend parliamentary and presidential tenure with immediate effect from the current 5 years to 7 years and also restore presidential term limits.
