November 2012 and the legal deadline for the latter to respond being three months after receipt of the letter, that is, by 10th February 2013, the Government of Burundi has failed and/or refused to pay him the damages he was awarded together with accrued interest and that the said failure or refusal is unlawful and constitutes an infringement of Articles 6(d) and 7(2) of the Treaty. 16. The Applicant therefore seeks the following orders against the Respondent: (a) A declaration that the refusal by the Respondent to pay damages awarded by the Court to him is an infringement of Articles 6(d) and 7(2) of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community; (b) A declaration that the Applicant has a full right to enjoy his vested interests without any prior conditions; (c) An order that the Applicant be immediately paid by the Respondent the amount of BIF 1,660,498.001; (d) An order that costs of the Reference be paid by the Respondent The Respondent’s case 17. The Respondent filed a response to the Reference on 7th June 2013, an Affidavit in support sworn by Mr. Sylvestre Nyandwi on 3rd December 2013, Written Submissions on 14th April 2014 and a List of Authorities on 17th September 2014. 1 In his written submissions, the Applicant brought the amount of the damages claimed to BIF 1,720,516,000.00. REFERENCE No. 2 OF 2013 Page 5