Uganda Case Law

Wendi v Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (Application 1 of 2015)

Wendi v Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Assets Authority (Application 1 of 2015) [2015] UGPPDPAAT 8 (7 May 2015)

Court

Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Appeals Tribunal

Case number

Application 1 of 2015

Judge

Olive Zaare Otete - Chairperson, Moses Jurua Adriko SC - Panel Member, David Kabateraine - Panel Member, Joel Kateregga - Panel Member

The Tribunal held that neither the Authority nor the Tribunal has the legal power to direct Buliisa District Local Government to award the contract to the Applicant, as the power to award contracts is exclusively vested in the Contracts Committee under section 29(c) of the PPDA Act. The Tribunal further found that the bid validity period expired on 27th January 2015, and there was no evidence of extension as required by regulation 49(5) of the Local Government (PPDA) Regulations. The suspension of the procurement process during administrative review does not freeze the bid validity period, an…

Source excerpt

• Public Procurement Review
• Bid Validity Period
• Contract Award Powers
• Administrative Remedies

Muzerengwa and Others v Republic of Zimbabwe (Communication 306 of 2005)

Muzerengwa and Others v Republic of Zimbabwe (Communication 306 of 2005) [2011] ACHPR 111 (3 March 2011)

Court

African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights

Case number

Communication 306 of 2005

The African Commission declared a complaint inadmissible because local remedies were not exhausted. The applicants had not raised the substantive eviction claims in domestic courts.

• Exhaustion Of Local Remedies
• Forced Eviction
• Right To Property
• Access To Justice
• Administrative Remedies
• Exhaustion-of-local-remedies