Court concludes hearing Zaake impeachment case

By Rachael Najjuma

16^th June 2022

The Constitutional Court has finalized the hearing of a case filed by Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament Francis Zaake Butebi challenging his impeachment as a parliamentary commissioner.

This has been revealed by a panel of 5 justices led by Catherine Bamugemereire who have revealed that the judgment will be on notice.

In the same court, Zaake through his lawyer Erias Lukwago has withdrawn the application of a temporary injunction after court finalizing with his main application.

Zaake was impeached by fellow MPs on March 10th 2022 and filed a temporary injunction asking court to stay the decision by Parliament to kick him out of the Office of the Commissioner as this will strip him of all the privileges, entitlements and responsibilities.

Before court adjourning, both parties have been asked to make clarifications in their submissions and serve themselves in one day and wait for the judgment on notice.

Zaake through his lawyer Erias Lukwago claims Parliament suspended its own rules of procedure in adopting the motion to censure him.

He wants the court to check on what he terms as the excessive powers of the now speaker Anita Annet Among whom he accuses of mistreating MPs and treating them as her slaves.

Zaake’s troubles stem from a social media post in which he allegedly disrespected the now  speaker of parliament Anita Among prompting the Gulu West MP  Francis Mapenduzi to move a motion to have the contentious post investigated by the rules and privileges Committee.