Dated at Kampala this …26th …day of …March…., 2010. L.E.M. Mukasa-Kikonyogo DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE DECISION OF THE COURT: By a majority decision of four to one of the Court, this petition is dismissed with no orders to costs. Dated at Kampala this…26th...day of …March……, 2010. L.E.M. Mukasa-Kikonyogo DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE, President Of Court Of Appeal And Constitutional Court. JUDGMENT OF A. E.N. MPAGI-BAHIGEINE, J.A. This petition is brought under Article 2 (1) & (2), 137 (3), 93 (a) & (d) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda (1995) and rule 3 of the Constitutional Court (Petitions and References) Rules S.1 91 of 2005. It is brought by MIFUMI (U) Ltd, a non governmental organization and women’s rights agency and other 17 petitioners from various parts of Uganda. The petitioners allege and seek declarations that the demand for bride price or dowry by the parents of a bride and the payment thereof by the bridegroom or his parents or guardians as a condition precedent for most of the marriages in Uganda and the refund of the said bride-price as a condition precedent for divorce in most communities in Uganda are unconstitutional. The petition is supported by a number of affidavits deponed by Felicity Atuki Turner, Fr. Deo Eriot, Alice Emasu, Achieng Margaret, Solomon Oboth, Obonyo Andrew, Jagweri James, Awori Jenipher, Fulimera Abbo, Awor Deborah, Florence Musibika, Fulimera Nyayuki, Roselyn Karugonjo-Segawa, Perepetua Nyamwenge, Ms Ngwicarach Erussi, Abbo Florence, 11