92. Thirdly, even if that power existed under Section 52, the Immigration
authorities knew or ought to have known that by Uganda’s accession to and
domestication of the Treaty and Protocol, that power would be strictly qualified
and limited by Articles 104 and 7(2) of the Treaty and 7 and 54(2) of the
Protocol. In other words, they were duty bound to treat the Applicant in
accordance with those provisions, and not to do so amounted to violation of
his rights and Uganda’s obligations there under.
93. Finally, in spite of paying close attention to the Respondent’s evidence and
submissions, we were unable to ascertain whether the Applicant was ever
declared a prohibited immigrant, by what procedure and at what point. The
only document that was issued was the Notice to Return or Convey Prohibited
Immigrant. It was issued under Section 66(4) of the Citizenship and
Immigration Control Act.
The Section provides as under:
“Where a prohibited immigrant enters Uganda from a ship or vehicle,
whether or not with knowledge of the owner, agent or person in charge
of it, the agent or person in charge commits an offence and is liable on
conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred currency points; and
provision shall be made by the owner, agent or person in charge, as the
case may be, to the satisfaction of an immigration officer for the
conveyance out of Uganda of the prohibited immigrant”.
The Notice was issued to Kenya Airways, not to the Applicant.
94. The Section penalises the owner or agent of a ship or vessel that brings a
prohibited immigrant into Uganda. We were not told whether the Applicant
could have been a prohibited immigrant before starting his journey to Uganda
or he was declared a prohibited immigrant on arrival.
REFERENCE NO.5 OF 2011
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