Constitutional Court of Uganda - 2021 February

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February 2021
22 February 2021
Court declared Rule 11 discriminatory, read Section 2(1) as directory, upheld Section 19(4), and dismissed budget‑omission claim.
Constitutional law — civil procedure — statutory notice before suing State — directory v mandatory construction; Equality before the law — Rule giving Attorney General longer time to plead discriminatory and unjustified; Public finance and separation of powers — execution against Government and the Consolidated Fund; Burden of proof for alleging failure to appropriate judgment debts.
9 February 2021
Court dismissed unequal‑pay and access‑to‑information petition, finding no substantial constitutional interpretation issue and insufficient evidence.
Constitutional jurisdiction – Article 137 – distinction between interpretation and enforcement; Equality and non‑discrimination – Article 21 – burden to prove discrimination attributable to prohibited grounds; Equal pay for equal work – Article 40 – differences may be justified by objective factors and statutory autonomy; Access to information – Article 41 and Access to Information Act 2005 – statutory enforcement mechanisms and requirement to exhaust remedies.
4 February 2021