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Court starts hearing appeal against EACOP construction

Jackson Onyango The Appellate Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) composed of five judges has started hearing an appeal lodged by a group of Civil Society Organisations against the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The appeal is against the judgment of the First Court of Instance of EACJ that dismissed a petition by the group on grounds that it had been filed late. The appellants contend that the judges erred in their decision for which they are now asking for reinstatement of the case by the appeals division of the East African Court of Justice. Both Uganda and Tanzanian governments are represented in court as the respondents led by representatives from the respective […] The post Court starts hearing appeal against EACOP construction first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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