SV: {UAH} Bunyoro_Kitara Land Case: After listening to lawyers on both sides for nearly five hours the Uganda Constitutional Court, presided over by Acting Deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma said they will give their ruling on notice.

Mzee Miriima,

First, I do not know the trades mark of cases that had been won by your

Lawyer ODONG Ayena in Uganda or outside? This means, I do not trust 

the capacity of this man ODONG Ayena.

Second, has he been an equivalence to the likes of the late OBOL Ochola, 

and OMARA Atubu Advocates, I could have thought ODONG Ayena could

be of value to your case!

Lastly, your case is an international court which I think requires a law

firm of international creed. I think ODONG Ayena is of low standard

for representing you! 

Ocaya pOcure

Den torsdag, 16 juli 2015 3:06 skrev yowaana nyamutale <ynyamutale@gmail.com>:

George

It appears u have not been following the case very well.

The case has not yet even properly started. But lawyers are funny people. The High Court where the case is going to be heard from refused to start until legal matters of Constitution interpretation of key issues, like I am mentioning in the above posting,have been done.

Of course your Luo brother Ayena Odongo is a very smart lawyer in that he has tricked everybody. He is twisting everybody on his small finger.

I cannot as of this stage discuss certain issues going on in court lest I am accused of contempt of court.

But, take it from me, Ayena Odongo, come what may, is going to be voted the best lawyer this century in Uganda.

Now your amicus curie thing......a friend of court......and your need for two full days of address......this alone shows you are not a good lawyer if you cannot summarise whatever you want to say in twenty or thirty minutes....

And, if you are a good lawyer, then you should know how to go about getting court permission for the service you need.

Better consult court about what you need to do.

Henry Ford Mirima

On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 1:17 AM, George Okello <opallog@gmail.com> wrote:

Secretary Henry Ford Mirima,

Did the case take only a day? I wnated to apply to appear as amicus
curiae (friend of court) in the case, but it would have taken me two
days at the minimum to address all of the legal issues involved in the
case. This is a very epochal case, and I hope the lawyers gave it the
rigour and intellectual attention it deserves.

George Okello

On 7/15/15, yowaana nyamutale <ynyamutale@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Constitutional Court's five Justices, Steven Kavuma, Richard Buteera,
> Lilian Tibalemwa, Mwangustya, Lubi Aweri Opio,who were all present had
> listened to arguements from lawyers representing the petitioners,the people
> of Bunyoro-Kitara, Ayena Odongo, and the Uganda Attorney General Henry
> Oloka, and Buganda Kingdom lawyers Mpanga, Apolo Makubuya and Luswata.
>
> The Constitutional Court is sitting as a result of having been asked by the
> Uganda High Court to interpret dozens of issues of a Constitutional Nature
> which were raised by the petitioners lawyer Ayena Odongo during the
> Scheduling Conference.
>
> These issues were raised by Banyoro's lawyer Ayena Odongo..Chief among them
> is to determine whether the 1900 Buganda Agreement is null and void.
>
>  Dozens of issues revolve around the validity of the 1900 Buganda
> Agreement.
>
> For example Ayena Odongo says the British had no right, to donate the seven
> Lost Counties, Buyaga, Bugangaizi, Buheekura, Buruuli, Bunyala, Rugonjo,
> and Bulemeezi to Buganda when those counties did not belong to Britain. He
> maintains that if Britain wanted to reward Buganda for assisting Britain to
> defeat Kabaleega, they should have donated land in the United Kingdom, like
> Wales or Scotland.
>
> Ayena further argues that the Mailo Land system, created during the making
> of the 1900 Buganda agreement, and imposed on the Lost Counties should not
> have been so since the Banyoro apart from not having participated in the
> making of the 1900 Buganda Agreement, the Banyoro had their cultural land
> system which was ownership of land through a communal system.
>
> Ayena Odongo further argued that the Uganda government by importing
> Abafuruki and settling them on Banyoro land in the Lost counties, and
> donating twelve miles to every Mufuruki family, and donate 12,000,000/= per
> Mufuruki family, without doing the same to Banyoro, is grossly
> unconstitutional, since the Uganda Constitution says, there must be
> affirmative action to correct the historical injustices committed against
> Banyoro.
>
> These, and other dozens of issue of a constitutional nature hinging on the
> validity of the 1900 Buganda Agreement are what the Uganda High Court felt
> a need to have the Uganda Constitutional Court make an interpretation.
>
> Leading the Buganda side Lawyer Apolo Makubuya said  the issues the
> petitioners were raising are based on expired Buganda Agreements of 1894,
> 1900, 1954 and the Third Amendment of the Uganda Constitution which
> transferred the two lost counties of Buyaga and Bugangaizi.
>
> To that Ayena Odongo for Banyoro retorted that since the current Uganda
> Constitution, and all the laws which are today applicable in Uganda laws
> are based on these agreements, more especially the 1900 Buganda Agreement,
> there is no way these issues could be detached from the present Uganda
> Constitution.
>
> Apolo Makubuya further said the point of reference which the petitioners
> are raising today have never been raised in any court where they could have
> been referred to this court.
>
> To this Ayena Odongo said, indeed, these issues were raised in the
> Scheduling Conference where the presiding Judge asked him, Odongo, to make
> proposals for interpretation, which he made, and submitted to court, and
> made available to the defendants. Hence, the High Court owned the proposals
> and sent them to this Constitutional Court for interpretation.
>
> Henry Oloka for Uganda Attorney General concluded by reminding the
> Constitutional Court that this is a very important case which is raising
> very fundamental issues which must be handled very carefully. He said Court
> must be aware that today Uganda is not in the position of settling issues
> as it was when they were making the 1894 and 1900 agreements which had the
> use of physical force in the background. He said he does not want to see a
> situation whereby Ugandans are called upon to resort to use of guns and
> spears.
>
> To this Ayena Odongo replied that the Banyoro of today are not the Banyoro
> of 1894 where the language they understood was that of guns or spears. He
> submitted that if Banyoro today wanted to settle Constitutional issues by
> the use of guns and spears they should not have come to court to argue
> their case using  their heads.
>
> He emphasised that the petitioners are law abiding Ugandans who believe in
> the rule of law and order, therefore, they should not be thought to be
> ready to settle Constitutional affairs by he use of spears and guns.
>
> Justice Steven Kavuma who presided over the session told the lawyers that
> the court had listened very carefully to their arguments and they are going
> to  give their judgement on notice.
>
> Henry Ford Mirima
>
> Press Secretary of the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara, Rukirabasaija, Agutamba,
> Solomon Gafabusa Iguru
>
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