{UAH} GEORGE OKELLO@ i believe the law shd be for the people and not people for the law in a developing country like ours??
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The cumulative history of Legal Notices is haunting the constitutional landscape of Uganda through the incessant amendments of the Constitution; as such, this ideal of legal pluralism is gradually assuming the normative character of constitutionalism in Uganda.
Uganda has got a repeated history of being governed by legal notices as it supreme legal order viz as viz the 1967 Constitution, till the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution. Right from 1971, till 7th Oct 1995- diverse legal notices reigned the constitutional landscape of Uganda. The qtn of which law was supreme viz as viz the 1967 constitution; became a point of contusion in the precincts of court in various cases; e.g. the Edward Rugumayo et al and Ssempebwa et al, Ag and ssempebwa cases to mention but a few. Looking at the continued amendments of the 1995 constitution, our nation seems to be haunted with the uncharacteristic constitutional order of the past.
Uganda has had four Constitutions since it attained nationhood. These are the Independence Constitution of 1962, the "Pigion Hole" Constitution of 1966, the Republican Constitution of 1967 and the 1995 Constitution. However, the 1967 Constitution went through various trials and tribulations by successive regimes but it survived complete abrogation till 1995 when another constitution was promulgated. It can therefore be said that the 1967 Constitution, merely suffered frequent suspensions and amendments by respective Legal Notices since 1971. In law therefore, it can rightly be said that the 1967 Constitution and the respective Legal Notices were still the Supreme laws of Uganda prior to the passing of the 1995 Constitution.
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H.OGWAPITI
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
---Theodore Roosevelt
Uganda has got a repeated history of being governed by legal notices as it supreme legal order viz as viz the 1967 Constitution, till the promulgation of the 1995 Constitution. Right from 1971, till 7th Oct 1995- diverse legal notices reigned the constitutional landscape of Uganda. The qtn of which law was supreme viz as viz the 1967 constitution; became a point of contusion in the precincts of court in various cases; e.g. the Edward Rugumayo et al and Ssempebwa et al, Ag and ssempebwa cases to mention but a few. Looking at the continued amendments of the 1995 constitution, our nation seems to be haunted with the uncharacteristic constitutional order of the past.
Uganda has had four Constitutions since it attained nationhood. These are the Independence Constitution of 1962, the "Pigion Hole" Constitution of 1966, the Republican Constitution of 1967 and the 1995 Constitution. However, the 1967 Constitution went through various trials and tribulations by successive regimes but it survived complete abrogation till 1995 when another constitution was promulgated. It can therefore be said that the 1967 Constitution, merely suffered frequent suspensions and amendments by respective Legal Notices since 1971. In law therefore, it can rightly be said that the 1967 Constitution and the respective Legal Notices were still the Supreme laws of Uganda prior to the passing of the 1995 Constitution.
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H.OGWAPITI
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
---Theodore Roosevelt
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