REFERENCE NO. 9 OF 2022 KAKWENZA RUKIRABASHAIJA v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UGANDA

The Applicant alleges that the Respondent through his agents the military Special Forces Command(SFC) ON 28TH December 2021 broke into the Applicant’s house without a warrant; SFC confiscated the Applicant’s phone illegally searched and did not return it after 72hrs; arrested the Applicant without a warrant and detained him for two weeks beyond mandatory 48hrs; ignored Chief Magistrate Court order for mandatory release of the Applicant; ignored an order for release by the court to produce the Applicant, charged the Applicant in absence of the Applicant’s lawyers, therefore, violating the constitution of The Republic of Uganda which violates the Articles 6, 7and 8 of The Treaty for the Establishment of East African Community.