Uganda, Feb. 14 -- Even without hiring a lawyer for himself, the jailed former principal accountant in the Office of Prime Minister (OPM) Geoffrey Kazinda, has floored the Inspector General of Government (IGG), an office with so many lawyers, before the East African Court of Justice.

A five-member panel of judges led by principal judge Yohane B Masara on November 23, last year, dismissed with costs, the application that the IGG had filed against Kazinda before the regional court.

The court held that the IGG of Uganda is not an institution of the East African Community (EAC) as envisaged under Article 30 (1) nor is she an organ of the Community as stipulated under Article 9(1) of the Treaty to be given audience.

"The actions of the appl...