CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

I went to the High Court as a party to a land case. I have been going to the court for the past eleven years on this particular case.

 When I got to the main entrance I declared the content of my small bag as part of the court’s security checks.

The items in the bag comprised a power bank, a mi-fi, a camera and a book. Upon seeing my camera one of the security men told me that cameras are not allowed in the courtrooms. I hesitated and drew his attention to the fact that my phone equally has a camera. He said yes he knows and that I am allowed to take my phone but not the camera.

He patiently and courteously explained to me that they are only following instructions.

He then requested that I follow him out of the building for him to show me something. I obliged. When we got to the entrance of the newly constructed state-of-the art court building 
he pointed at a banner with a bold inscription: NO PHOTOGRAPHS.

 The Forty-two Courtroom Complex

Please to those who are LEARNED I think I am faced with a “constitutional crisis” and I need an “interpretation”. Does NO PHOTOGRAPHS mean CAMERAS ARE NOT ALLOWED? What about my phone’s camera?

Remember, the security man is just following a directive.