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The High Court in Kampala has referred a human rights application that was filed by Busiki County, Namutumba Member of Parliament Paul Akamba to the Constitutional Court for determination.

In his application, Mr Akamba who is accused of seeking for 20% kickback from the chairperson of Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) on a budget allocation had wanted the court to drop his corruption charges on claims that he was tortured.

However, in his ruling on October 1, the presiding judge Lawrence Gidudu declined to drop the charges against Mr Akamba and instead temporarily halted his trial together with his co-accused pending the determination of the Constitutional Court .

His co-accused are Yusuf Mutembuli (Bunyole East, Butaleja District) and Cissy Namujju Dionizza (District Woman representative of Lwengo.

“I have given considerable thought to this matter and come to the conclusion that whilst several cases have interpreted the meaning of a fair trial in relation to the rights of an accused, I have not benefited from any interpretation of Article 28 of the Constitution in relation to the rights of the victims or society which are larger than the accused,” Justice Gidudu held.

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