Uganda: Case Against Nyakairima Job Takes Shape

28 February 2014

Documents filed in the Constitutional court on February 18, provide some of the strongest legal arguments yet for and against the appointment of General Aronda Nyakairima, a serving military officer, as minister for Internal Affairs.

The case stems from a petition filed by Kampala Lawyer Eron Kiiza in June 2013, challenging Nyakairima's appointment in May. The petitioner says the appointment is a gross abuse of the Constitution for an army officer, to serve in a politically-partisan position.

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