The Parliamentary Appointments committee has asked court to dismiss an application in which Hon. James Kakooza is seeking court orders to compel the said committee issue him with its vetting decision on his ministerial appointment.

Former Uganda Primary health care state minister James Kakooza

Goretti Arinaitwe, who represented the committee in the suit today, has told the high court session presided over by Justice Eldard Mwangutsya that under their rules and procedure of Parliament, the appointments committee is obliged to communicate its vetting decision to the President and not any other person.

She added that this application is bad in law and wrongly before court since court cannot compel the committee to communicate the decision to Hon Kakooza.

She therefore asked court to dismiss the application with costs.

Court shall rule on this matter on Thursday.

Hon. Kakooza sued the Parliamentary appointments committee and the Attorney General challenging the committee’s refusal to avail him a decision regarding his appointment as health minister in Primary health.

In the application, he contends that he was nominated by the President and duly appeared before the said committee for vetting.

He says since then, he does not know his fate and continues to read from the press that his nomination was not successful.

He adds that he has reminded the committee twice tp communicate to him its decision but in vain and thus, his nomination continues to be in a balance.

By Isaac Senabulya