that the IGG as well as the Attorney General of Uganda are bound by
the Rule of Law.
73. Having said so, it is our obligation to determine whether the letter of
the IGG and the legal opinion of the Attorney General of Uganda
infringed Treaty provisions. Sadly, the Applicant did not elaborate
enough on that issue and therefore, it is vital on our part to peruse the
powers vested on the IGG by the constitution of Uganda, 1995, the
Inspectorate of Government Act, 2002 and the Constitutional powers
of the Attorney General as well as the IGG’s letter dated 8th July,
2013 and the two legal opinions from the Attorney General. We will
thereafter confront them with the aforesaid Treaty provisions.
74. It is the Applicant’s submission that the Attorney General, through
his legal opinion, usurped the powers of Parliament to make law by
settling himself as the appellate body to review the findings and
recommendations of the IGG which amounted to a violation of the
Constitution of Uganda and Articles 6(d), 7(2) and 8(1) (c) of the
Treaty.
75. Article 119(3) and (4) of the Constitution of Uganda reads as
follows:“3 The Attorney General shall be the principal legal adviser of
the Government;4 The functions of the Attorney General shall include the
following:a) To
give
legal
advice
and
legal
services
to
the
Government on any subject;
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