Election Petitions of Uganda - 2023

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March 2023
9 March 2023
9 March 2023
January 2023
Applicants lacked employment contracts and locus; judicial review inappropriate to challenge employer’s appointment decisions.
Administrative law – judicial review – amenability and exhaustion of remedies; employment law – requirement of appointment letters/contracts to establish employment and locus; natural justice – need for evidence of denial before judicial interference; managerial prerogative – employer’s discretion to conduct background checks and decide appointments.
20 January 2023
Appeal against Electoral Commission decision was incompetent to nullify a gazetted MP; challenge must be by Parliamentary Elections Act petition.
Electoral law – Appeal from Electoral Commission decision under s.15 ECA – Limits of Commission’s powers – Inability of administrative appeal to nullify gazetted election or remove a sitting MP – Proper remedy is petition under Parliamentary Elections Act (s.60–68) – Voter eligibility and participation where no court order bars voting.
20 January 2023