Uganda, Feb. 16 -- The appellate Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs a petition in which a Buganda Kingdom prince wanted the Traditional Rulers Restitution of Assets and Properties Act (TRRAP Act) nullified.

A panel of five judges led by Justice Irene Mulyagonja dismissed the petition filed against the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka and the Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Kimera Mutebi II on grounds that it did not raise any questions for interpretation.

"With regard to the petitioner's prayer for costs, it is clear that the petition was filed contrary to the procedure that is provided for in Article 137(5) to (7) of the Constitution. It was therefore an abuse of the process of this court and the High Court and a waste of the ...