JUDGMENT OF HON. DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE L.E.M. MUKASA-KIKONYOGO This petition is brought under Article 2 (1) and (2), 137 (3), 93 (a) and (d) of the Constitution of Uganda and Rule 3 of the Constitutional Court (Petitions and References Rules S. 1 91 of 2009. It is filed on behalf of the following thirteen petitioners: 1. Mifumi (U) Ltd. 2. Luswata Kawuma Eva 3. Fr. Deo Eriot 4. Musibika Florence 5. Oboth Solomon 6. Jagweri James 7. Nyayuki Fulimera 8. Obonyo Andrew 9. Jagweri James 10. Abbo Fulimera 11. Awor Jenipher 12. Achieng Margaret 13. Awor Deborah The petitioners have an interest in the matters stated in the petition, which petitioners allege to be in violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. They also allege these matters to be in violation of the binding International Human Rights laws, conventions and treaties. For these violations, the petitioners seek the intervention of the Constitutional Court. The first petitioner is a non-governmental Organization and women’s rights agency. Its mission is to work with rural people to fight poverty, and to protect women and assist them to enforce their human rights. Other petitioners appear as individuals. 2