Objection to Resumption and Continuation of Conferencing in Civil Appeal No. COA-00-CV-CA-0186-2022, Bakampa Brian Baryaguma v. Law Development Centre and Civil Application No. COA-00-CV-CL-0775-2022, Bakampa Brian Baryaguma v. Law Development Centre

BAKAMPA BRIAN BARYAGUMA

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Kampala, Uganda.

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Monday, 3^rd August, 2026.

To:

The Registrar,

Court of Appeal of Uganda,

Courts of Judicature, KAMPALA.

Your Worship,

Re:    Objection to Resumption and Continuation of Conferencing in Civil Appeal No. COA-00-CV-CA-0186-2022, Bakampa Brian Baryaguma v. Law Development Centre and Civil Application No. COA-00-CV-CL-0775-2022, Bakampa Brian Baryaguma v. Law Development Centre

Thank you for your good service to Uganda. God bless you.

A panel of justices was appointed to hear and determine my above captioned cases in the July 2026 civil cases session, but hearing did not happen because of challenges with the membership of the panel, with two expressing reservations to sitting and myself (the Appellant/Applicant) initially objecting to two but eventually objecting to just one of them participating in the cases. Faced with these complications, this court decided that hearing of the cases be pushed to the session in September this year before a different panel. At least that is the communication I got from the registrar in charge of the case, Her Worship Natukunda Janeva, on Tuesday, 21^st July, 2026.

The letter was duly served on LDC through its retained advocates as evidenced by their stamp duly acknowledging receipt of it while the registrar's copy was filed on the court's online portal, ECCMIS.

However, on Thursday, 23^rd July, 2026, I was informed by co-counsel for LDC, Mr. Mugira Kenneth, that it was decided that the cases be reallocated for conferencing. I AM WRITING TO STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE IDEA OF RESUMING AND CONTINUING WITH CONFERENCING AND INSTEAD SUGGEST AND INDEED REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE TO HEARING. My reasons are that continuing with conferencing will–

1.                 cause unnecessary yet avoidable hardships in the sense that we shall have to do it twice (double conferencing) thereby imposing an avoidable strain on the court’s and parties’ meager resources. How or why? Because there will be need to consolidate the 2022 appeal with my other appeal of 2026 (COA-00-CV-CA-0324-2026) that also deals with matters related with the 2022 appeal and its attendant application, making it highly desirable and convenient that the two appeals be disposed of together.

2.                 cause multiplicity of proceedings because a formal application for consolidation of the 2022 and 2026 appeals shall have to be filed, which application, as far as I know, will have to be heard by a single justice, not a registrar conducting the conferencing. All this further serves to drain the parties’ and court’s resources.

3.                 play into LDC’s and its advocates’ scheme of frustrating these cases from progressing because they do not want them to be heard. They are very bad against them and so they are only too happy and eager to see them drag on indefinitely or better still dead for good. Allowing resumption and continuation of conferencing at this time will buy them more undeserved time to attain their sinister objectives. This being a court of justice, it should not permit devious schemes to materialize.

So what do I suggest in the alternative? I propose we proceed with appointing a court panel to hear the case and then use the device of SUBMISSIONS to converge the 2022 and 2026 appeals together. This will save us (parties) and the court time and money resources. At the hearing, I shall orally move the justices to order consolidation of the 2022 and 2026 appeals, as was done by the panel in Alternative Digitalk Limited & Others v. The Attorney General, Consolidated Constitutional Petitions No. 34, 37 & 42 of 2022 (see attached).

Moreover existing conferencing notes are somewhat obsolete considering that chapter numbers and sections of Acts have since changed following the 2023 law revision exercise. So, submissions will enable us cite updated provisions of the law thus simplifying the court’s work in writing a ruling and judgment.

I so move, Your Worship.

[signed]

Bakampa Brian Baryaguma

Appellant cum Applicant

Mobile:        +256753124713.

Email:                   bakampasenior@gmail.com.

 

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