20.A common thread in the Applicant’s case was that the situation in Burundi was dangerously perilous hence the need for urgent intervention, and if Mr. Nkurunziza ran for another term in office the situation would degenerate and occasion untold suffering to the Burundian and EAC citizenry. This argument was advanced as demonstration of the irreparable injury that the Burundian people stood to suffer, as well as in support of the notion that the balance of convenience in this matter lay with the Applicant, as a representative of the people of Burundi. However, learned Counsel for the First Respondent appeared to contest that position and attributed the insecurity and civic disorder in Burundi to some of the Applicant’s members, including Mr. Janvier Bigirimana. Learned Counsel questioned the injury the Applicant specifically stood to suffer in the event that this Application was disallowed. 21. We note that Mr. Kayobera’s question as to the specific injury the Applicant stood to suffer remained unanswered. Similarly, the Applicant did not rebut the First Respondent’s submission that some of the Applicant’s members were fanning the civic disorder in Burundi. In his reply, learned Counsel for the Applicant simply acknowledged Mr. Bigirimana as an official in the Applicant entity. In any event, we were not satisfactorily addressed on the issue of whether or not whatever injury the Applicant was likely to suffer could not be adequately compensated by damages. Consequently, we find that the Applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated the irreparable injury it stood to suffer if this Application were disallowed or that the said injury could not be compensated by damages. Reference No. 5 of 2015 Page 12

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