The Constitutional Court has adjourned hearing into a petition against the enactment of Uganda’s anti-gay law.
The petitioners and the Attorney General, the sole respondent in the case, appeared before court registrar Susanne Anyala Okeny for the pre-conferencing hearing on Monday.
But court heard that the Attorney General was not ready to proceed, leading to the adjournment with orders that the parties involved file joint conferencing notes on October 12th before the petition is forwarded to the trial justices.
The court challenge against the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 was filed by lawmakers Fox Odoi-Oywelowo and Paul Bucyana Kiwizera, alongside activists Frank Mugisha, Pepe Onziema, Jackline Kemigisa, Linda Mutesi, Kintu Nyago, Jane Nasiimbwa and veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda.
According to them, the Act alters a 2014 Constitutional Court decision which nullified a similar law, and is therefore inconsistent with Article 92 of the Ugandan law.
They further argue that the Act was passed within a record period of six days instead of the 45-day window provided by Parliamentary rules.
