Kwiringira Magezi and Another v Attorney General
Kwiringira Magezi and Another v Attorney General (Constitutional Petition No. 24 of 2018) [2021] UGCC 19 (4 May 2021)
The court held that the districts specified in Article 178(3) and the First Schedule were not entrenched as regional governments because the requisite agreements under Article 178(1) had not been reached; thus, they remained ordinary districts subject to alteration under Article 179. The process for creating Kikube District was found to have complied with constitutional requirements: the motion was debated, committee reports were considered, stakeholder consultations occurred, and the resolution was passed by a majority of Parliament. The court found insufficient evidence that Parliament fail…
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- District Creation
- Parliamentary Resolutions
- Constitutional Amendment Procedure
- Regional Governments
- Local Government Boundaries
- Public Interest Litigation