A Masters in International Relations Ugandan student at Harvard University in America, Hillary Innocent Seguya has opted for plan-B by dragging President Museveni to the East African Court of Justice for blocking him on Twitter after losing the first case at the High Court in Kampala.
Alongside President Museveni, government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo and Police Chief Political Commissar, Assistant Inspector General of Police – Asan Kasingye blocked Seguya on their Twitter accounts last year.
Seguya says he was dissatisfied with the High Court ruling, pushing him to East African Court seeking to reverse the earlier decision, his lawyer Male Mabirizi revealed.
“The process and decision of the High Court were unlawful and infringement on the provisions of the treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community especially the action of making a decision without determining the competence of the respondent’s defence and evidence which were in issue,” the court document reads in part.
Seguya insists that the High Court’s ruling was wrong upon the actions taken by the top government officials.
“The decision that their actions to block the applicant from following, viewing, contacting, liking tagging and retweeting the tweets on their respective twitter handles respectively which are used as public platforms to disseminate information relating to the activities of their public offices in their official capacities and to get feedback from citizens were unlawful.” Seguya said
