Mr. Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why Mr. E. M. K. Mulira has not been re-admitted to the Lukiko.
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§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd:Mr. Mulira was expelled from the Lukiko by the Speaker in July, 1956, for walking out while a meeting was in progress without, it was alleged, proper salutation to the throne. Mr. Mulira sought to contest his expulsion in the Protectorate High Court, which ruled that jurisdiction lay with the Principal Court of Buganda. It is open to him to proceed, if he wishes, in the Principal Court, from whose decision on appeal lies to the Judicial Adviser and thence to the High Court on a question of law.
Mr. Dugdaleasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the High Court of Uganda has now heard the case of Mr. M. Mugwanya who applied for a writ of mandamus requiring the Katikiro to submit his name to the Kabaka for appointment to the Lukiko; and what is its decision.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd:Yes. The Court dismissed the application on the ground that before it was heard the Katikiro had already submitted Mr. Mugwanya's name to the Kabaka and that therefore the applicant had achieved his purpose by instituting the proceedings. The Judge awarded costs to the applicant up to 21st January, the date on which he became aware that the Katikiro had submitted his name to, the Kabaka, and directed that thereafter each party should bear his own costs.