The Constitutional Court in Kampala has ruled that Mityana Municipality Member of Parliament, Francis Zaake Butebi was illegally impeached as commissioner of parliament on grounds that natural justice was not adhered to during the then Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among-led process.
Five Justices led by Catherine Bamugemereire, Eva Luswata, Irene Mulyagonja, Muzamiru Kibedi, and Osca Kihika have ruled that the Speaker of Parliament had no quorum when she suspended MP Zaake over a Facebook post he made about her, among other reasons.
According to Lawyer Eron Kiiza, said that the judges advised the Speaker to stop being the police, the prosecutor, and a judge in her own causes. Consequently, Among has been ordered to compensate MP Zaake at a 1% interest.
Zaake told journalists on Thursday that he is still a commissioner of Parliament, according to the outcome of this case.He added that It has been cleared today that the legislature as an arm of government does not respect the laws it makes. Zaake said MadamAnitah Among is not supposed to be called Right Honorable because she doesn’t follow the law.
Meanwhile, the Attorney General’s office wanted court to dismiss the said case on grounds that Parliament never flouted any procedures or rules in passing the motion to have Zaake impeached.
Zaake was found guilty of breaching the rules of Parliament when he allegedly used his social media to attack and abuse the then Deputy Speaker and despite numerous requests to apologise, he declined stating that Among had to apologise to him first for claiming that he was not tortured as alleged by security operatives.
