organizations because POTA provides for legal and Institutional framework
to protect those rights. It is for that reason, Mr. Nyakiha argued that, there
are provisions of among other things on: availability of legal assistance
including legal aid, prosecution service, independent Judiciary accessible by
any person charged under POTA with the Court charged with responsibility
of making decisions to be adhered to by other State organs.
For example, referring to section 42(1) & (2) of POTA, he submitted
that, the provisions are self-explanatory that where the Court is satisfied on
an ex parte application that there are reasonable grounds to believe that
there is in any building, place or vessel, any property in respect of which an
order of forfeiture may be made under section 43, it may issue a search
warrant to the Police or restraint order to any person or at the request of
the Attorney General appoint a person to take control of and manage or
otherwise deal with the whole or a part of the property in accordance with
the directions of the Court or require any person having possession of the
property to give possession thereof to the person appointed.
So, it was Mr Nyakiha's contention that the impugned POTA's
provisions ensure prevalence of public safety whereas both individual and
collective rights are considered in general, as a whole, not in isolation as was
held by the Court of Appeal in the case of Director of Public Prosecutions
v. Daudi Pete (supra). He added that, it was held by the Court of Appeal
in the case of Julius Inshengoma Francis Ndyanabo v. Attorney
General [2004] T.L.R. 38 that fundamental rights are subjected to sets of
limitations. In that case, the Court held:
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