Komu v Attorney General of the Republic of Tanzania
Komu v Attorney General of the Republic of Tanzania [2014] EACJ 144 (26 September 2014) (First Instance Division)
The Court found that the National Assembly of Tanzania, by framing its election rules and procedures for EALA representatives solely around political parties and creating categories that subsumed all other groups under political party representation, violated Article 50(1) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community. Article 50(1) requires, as much as feasible, separate and distinct representation for political parties, gender, shades of opinion, and special interest groups. The Court held that the creation of categories C (Opposition Political Parties) and D (Tanzania M…
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- Treaty Interpretation
- Election Of Regional Representatives
- Parliamentary Procedure
- Proportional Representation
- Political Party Rights