THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA
Coram: Buteera, DCJ, Kakuru, Bamugemereire, Madrama and
Mulyagonja, JJCC
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CONSTITUTIONAL PETITION NO. 0016 OF 2017
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UNWANTED WITNESS-UGANDA
2.
TUMUHIMBISE NORMAN
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VERSUS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
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JUDGMENT OF IRENE MULYAGONJA, JCC
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Introduction
This petition was brought under Article 137 (3) (a) of the Constitution
of the Republic of Uganda and rule 3 of the Constitutional Court
(Petitions and References) Rules, S.I 91 of 2015. The petition was to
challenge the shutdown of social media by the respondent and the
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blocking or shutting down of access to mobile money services during
the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in February 2016 and the
swearing in of the President-Elect in May 2016.
The grounds of the petition were that:
1. The blocking or shutting down of social media by the respondent
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during the presidential, parliamentary and local (sic) elections in
February 2016 was inconsistent with, and violated Article 29 (1)
(a) of the Constitution and the guaranteed right to freedom of
speech and expression.
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