10. On 28th March 2012, the Supreme Court delivered a judgment in
Reference
RAA
669 and overturned the judgment of the
Administrative Court of Bujumbura of 14th June 2004.
11. On 25th May 2012, the Applicant, dissatisfied with the judgment,
applied for review to the Supreme Court of Burundi and the case
was registered under Reference RCC 21625.
12. While the matter was still pending before the Supreme Court, the
Applicant filed the instant Reference, on 8th April 2013.
The Applicant’s case
13. The Applicant’s case is contained in the Reference dated 8th April
2013, as amended on 18th November 2013, his Affidavit in
support sworn on the same day together with its annexures, the
Written Submissions filed on 11th March 2014 and List of
Authorities filed on 18th July 2014. In a nutshell, his case is as
follows.
14. The Applicant alleged that he was arrested on 15th March 1989
by the Intelligence Service of the Republic of Burundi which
immediately
and
arbitrarily
closed
all
his
pharmaceutical
enterprises. He contended that upon his release, on 6th August
2002,
he
sued
the
Government
of
Burundi
before
the
Administrative Court of Bujumbura for indemnification and a
judgment was delivered in his favour against the Republic of
Burundi for the sum of BIF 1,000,300,000.00 with interest of 6%
per annum accruing on the unpaid amount until full payment.
15. It is his contention that despite several demands for payment,
the last one being by a letter to the Minister of Justice dated 4th
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