Case that he submitted that a cause of action against the 1st
Respondent had not arisen.
2nd Respondent’s Submissions
41. On his part, Counsel for the 2nd Respondent opted to address issues
No.1 and No.3 jointly while stating that issue No. 2 did not relate to
him.
42. Relying on the decision in Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o and 10
Others Vs The Attorney General of Kenya and 3 Others, EACJ Ref.
No. 1 of 2006 (The Anyang’ Nyong’o Case) in which the nature of a
statutory cause of action under Article 30(1) was expounded by this
Court, he submitted however that no such cause of action as envisaged
in the Reference arose against him.
43. He contended that the Applicant’s claim against him is mostly based
on suppositions that having been well aware of Mr. Rufyikiri’s
circumstances, he elected to do nothing about the matter, remained
silent and failed to undertake, on his own initiative, investigations into
the 1st Respondent’s conduct in handling Mr. Rufyikiri’s issue. Thus,
Counsel argued that those suppositions on which the Applicant’s claim
was premised were not borne by any evidence in the Applicant’s
pleadings or at all and that the absence of evidence ought to be noted
in the Applicant’s disfavour.
44. As regards the 2nd Respondent’s responsibilities under the Treaty,
Counsel pointed out that the relevant provisions regulating this matter
are Articles 29 and 71 of the Treaty and that Articles 143, 146 and 147
read together with Articles 67 and 71 of the Treaty referred to matters
that were beyond the 2nd Respondent’s competence.
45. Article 29(1) of the Treaty provides that “Where the Secretary
General considers that a Partner State has failed to fulfil an
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