Court Fixes Dates To Decide On Cases Against Government

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news July 31, 2021

The High Court in Kampala has fixed dates to decide on two separate filed applications against the government. The applications are challenging the decision by Government to install surveillance devices in vehicles and other vessels.

City lawyer Male Mabirizi filed one of the applications and Legal Brains Trust, a not-for-profit organization filed the second application. Legal Brains Trust is headed by lawyer Isaac Ssemakadde.

Last week, the government signed a contract with Joint Stock Company, a Russian digital security company. The agreement has the aim of seeing tracking devices in vehicles and vessels in Uganda.

Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi, the minister of Security assured the country of the only purpose intended for these digital trackers.

He said the government is only going to use these to track vehicles and their whereabouts as a measure to deal with insecurities.

He added that the government had no intention to invade the privacy of citizens.

However, after all this, reports emerged about the Russian firm facing bankruptcy litigation in Moscow as shown in court documents from Russia.

The firm is also facing other debt-related cases that were filed between 2019 and 2021 in Russia.

The court, therefore, had to issue an interim injunction based on all these facts and also if Uganda is to have a chance at battling crime.

When Justice Boniface Wamala heard the case, he directed lawyer Okecho representing Legal Brains Trust to give a copy of his application to the Attorney General.

This would be to enable the Attorney General to make his response to enable the court to deliver its ruling on September 10, 2021.

Check also;

This is not a Paywall, but Newslex Point's journalism consumes a lot of time, hard-work and money. That's why we're kindly requesting you to support us in anyway they can, for as little as $1 or more, you can support us .

Please use the button below to contribute to Newslex Point, Inc. using a credit card or via PayPal.