115.
With or without notification, however, we are still of the view that the
Applicant’s case had to be evaluated on its own merit. A Partner State, before
imposing a limitation on an individual would have to satisfy itself that the
measure is merited in each particular case. If, for example the Applicant, was
slapped with a limitation because he was a threat to the security interest of the
East African people, it was incumbent on the Respondent to satisfy
themselves that it was merited, and where he challenged the legality of the
limitation in Court, the Respondent had a duty to prove in Court that the
Applicant indeed constituted a real threat to regional security.
116.
In stating so, we are fortified by the European Court of Justice, which, while
interpreting
a
similar
provision,
in
Commission
of
the
European
Communities v Kingdom of Spain, Case – 503/03, held, inter alia, that;
the Spanish authorities were not justified in refusing entry to the persons
concerned without having first verified whether their presence constituted
a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat affecting one of the
fundamental interests of society.
We find, from the foregoing, that the actions of the Respondent were not in
conformity with Article 104 of the Treaty and Article 7(6) of the Protocol.
Whether the Provisions of section 52 of the Uganda Citizenship and
Immigration Act are inconsistent and in violation of Articles 6 (d), 7 (2)
and 104 of the Treaty and Article 7 of the Protocol
As Section 52 of the Citizenship and Immigration Control Act 1999 (the Act) is
reproduced verbatim and discussed at length elsewhere in this judgment, we do not
find it necessary to reproduce it here.
REFERENCE NO.5 OF 2011
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