REFERENCE NO. 49 OF 2021 ABIGABA CHRIS v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

The Applicant alleges that, the Respondent through his agent the National bureau for non-governmental organizations on the 20^th August 2021 through a press release suspended 54 Non-governmental organizations to wit while the rights to freedom of expression and association are guaranteed under articles 9 and 10 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Right which prohibiting states from compelling associations to register, to be allowed to exist and to operate freely, so the actions of the Respondent violate the rights of the Non-Governmental organizations to associate which violates articles 5(3)(a), 6(d),7(2),8,127(a) and 130(1) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community.