A.G. of United Republic of Tanzania (Appeal 2 of 2015) [2016] EACJ 54 (25 November 2016) (Appellate Division)
Court
East African Court of Justice
Case number
Appeal 2 of 2015
Judge
Ugirashebuja P
The EACJ Appellate Division held that it lacked jurisdiction over a reference by a natural person challenging Tanzania’s EALA election process under Article 50.
Komu v Attorney General of the Republic of Tanzania [2014] EACJ 144 (26 September 2014) (First Instance Division)
Court
East African Court of Justice
Judge
Butasi JA, Lenaola JA, Ntezilyayo JA
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…