9.
On the Applicants’ request, the Court appointed Advocate Daniel
Walyemera as counsel to represent them under the Court’s legal aid
scheme.
10. After several extensions of time, the Parties submitted their pleadings on
the merits. However, the Respondent State did not file its Response to the
Applicants’ submissions on reparations.
11. As provided under Rule 64(1) of the Rules,4 the Court initiated an amicable
settlement procedure to which the Parties did not agree.
12. Pleadings were closed on 20 January 2023 and the Parties were duly
notified.
IV.
PRAYERS OF THE PARTIES
13. The Applicants pray the Court to:
i.
Find the Application admissible;
ii.
Find that it has jurisdiction to hear the Application; and
iii. Find that the Respondent State has violated Article 3(1) and (2) of the
Charter.
14. The Applicants further pray the Court to:
i.
Restore justice where it was denied and quash their conviction;
ii.
Set aside the sentence and set them at liberty;
iii. Grant them damages for the wrong suffered;
iv. Grant them legal costs; and
v.
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Grant them any other orders or reliefs that it may deem fit.
Rule 57 of the Rules of Court, 2010.
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