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The Judiciary celebrates with the Honourable Justice Masauko Timothy Msungama on his election to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Court of Justice (CCJ). Justice Msungama, who currently serves in the Commercial Division of the High Court, was elected to the Appellate Division during the 27th Meeting of the COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General.
The honourable judge recently took oath during a swearing-in ceremony that was presided over by the Chairperson of the COMESA and President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. William Samoei Ruto. He joins the Appellate Division alongside Justices Mwanamwambwa (Zambia), Dr. Onesphore Baroreraho (Burundi), Monica Kalyegira Mugenyi (Uganda), and Salohy Randrianarisoa (Madagascar). Seven other judges from Kenya, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Egypt, Seychelles, Sudan, and Ethiopia were elected into the First Instance Division.
The COMESA Court of Justice, which has two divisions: the lower Division, known as the Court of First Instance and the upper Division, called the Appellate Division, was established in 1994 under Article 7 of the COMESA Treaty as the judicial organ of the COMESA that adjudicates and arbitrates on, among other matters, unfair trade practices, interpretation of the Treaty (Protocols and other legislative acts) and ensures that Member States uniformly implement and comply with agreed decisions.
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