1. An order against the respondent for discovery of information including relevant
documents in possession of the Judicial Service Commission regarding the purported
nomination or otherwise of Justice Steven Kavuma as Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda to
be produced expeditiously to enable the applicants to pursue a petition in the Supreme
Court.
2. Costs of the application be provided for by the respondent.
The application is supported by the affidavit of Kiiza Eron the second applicant which briefly
depones that:
1. The applicants filed Misc. Cause No. 2 of 2015 in the Supreme Court of Uganda
challenging the appointment of Justice Steven Kavuma as Deputy Chief Justice of
Uganda.
2. The Judicial Service Commission has failed or refused to provide the applicants
information in their possession regarding the nomination by the Judicial Service
Commission of Justice Steven Kavuma as Deputy Chief Justice.
3. Several members of the Judicial Service Commission have informed the applicants that
such information and documents are in possession of the Judicial Service Commission.
4. The applicants have written several letters to the Judicial Service Commission requesting
for information regarding the candidature of Justice Steven Kavuma without success.
5. The documents in possession of the respondents are vital in facilitating the applicants
challenging the appointment of Justice Steven Kavuma as Deputy Chief Justice of
Uganda.
6. It is fair, just and equitable that this court grants the application and issues orders for the
production of the information regarding the candidature of the third respondent.
In its affidavit in reply, deponed by Richard Adrole, a State Attorney in the Attorney General’s
Chambers. The 1st respondent averred that there is no pending suit before this court from which
this application arises. That paragraph 4 and 5 of the application are premised on speculation and
hearsay evidence. That this application is incompetent, frivolous, vexatious, barred in law and a
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