THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UGANDA AT KAMPALA CONSTITUTIONAL PETITIONAL NO. 016 OF 2017 1. UNWANTED WITNESS UGANDA 2. TUMUHIMBISE NORMAN.................................... PETITIONERS VERSUS ATTORNEY GENERAL Coram: RESPONDENT Hon. Justice Richard Buteera, DCJ Hon. Justice Kenneth Kakuru, JCC Hon. Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, JCC Hon. Justice Christopher Madrama, JCC Hon. Justice Irene Esther Mulyagonja, JCC JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE CATHERINE BAMUGEMEREIRE, ICC I have had the benefit of reading in draft the Judgment of my Learned Sister Irene Mulyagonja JCC. I agree with her conclusion. This petition involves the blocking and shutting down of social media and mobile money transfer services. The quest of rights to social media and electronic constitutional rights presents an area of constitutional interpretation that is novel. 1

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