UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSOLIDATES PETITIONS & APPLICATIONS

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The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19) applications filed by various parties challenging the Uganda’s new Anti-homosexuality act 2023.




The Constitutional Court of Uganda has this morning, November 28, 2023 consolidated four (4) petitions and nineteen (19) applications filed by various parties challenging the Uganda’s new Anti-homosexuality act 2023.
This consolidation followed a request by the Attorney General as the sole respondent in all 23 case files.
The petitioners are; West Budama member of parliament-MP Fox Odoi, Uganda’s Ambassador to South Africa Kintu Nyango, Veteran Journalist Andrew Mwenda, Makerere University Law professors Sylvia Tamale, Businye Kabumba, and several societal organizations.
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The parties and their lawyers have met before Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire to address pre-trial issues before forwarding the case file to a panel of five justices for hearing.
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