Constitutional Court of Uganda - 2015 November

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November 2015

 

20 November 2015
A presidential exhortation to cancel allegedly fraudulent titles did not raise a constitutional interpretation issue; petition dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
* Constitutional jurisdiction – Article 137 – requires a real question for constitutional interpretation; enforcement of rights alone is insufficient. * Administrative action – presidential letter urging cancellation of titles is exhortatory, not a directive or order engaging constitutional interpretation. * Forum – enforcement or judicial review of administrative decisions belongs to ordinary courts; Constitutional Court’s role is interpretation under Article 137. * Procedural objections – affidavit knowledge and contempt raised but jurisdictional objection dispositive.
3 November 2015