BY ROSE KASIGWA

KAMPALA: The Constitutional Court has quashed Speaker Anita Among’s decision to remove Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake as a Parliament commissioner.

In the ruling delivered on today Thursday, 28 September 2023, the court ruled that Among offended the rules of natural justice and had no quorum in Parliament by the time the decision was made.

The court ruled that several parliamentary rules of procedure were illegally suspended. These suspensions included amending the order paper to include a resolution to expel Zaake from the commission without giving him the opportunity to defend himself.

The Constitutional Court ruled that it was wrong for Among to be the complainant, prosecutor and judge in this matter.

A panel of five judges; Catherine Bamugemereire, Muzamiru Kibeedi, Eva Luswata, Irene Mulyagonja and Kihika heard the petition.

The Mityana legislator was removed from his position as a parliament commissioner in march 2022 for misconduct and damaging the image of parliament.