Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Principal Judge Flavian Zeija has invited members of the Uganda Law Society to meet and discuss the newly proposed guidelines governing bail applications for suspects and four other regulations. The other proposed rules are; The Constitution (Sentencing Guidelines for Courts of Judicature) (practice) Directions, …
Read More »Judiciary silent on names of judges deployed to handle election petitions
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has refused to reveal the names of the 32 judges deployed by the Principal Judge, Dr. Flavian Zeija to handle 155 petitions arising from the just concluded general elections. The Judiciary Public Relations Officer, Jamson Karemani says that they do not want to …
Read More »Judiciary pledges to fast track cases after budget increment
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The judiciary has pledged to fast-track cases and improve access to justice after an increase of its budget for the 2021/2022 financial year. On June 10, 2021, the designate State Minister for Finance in charge of Planning, Amos Lugoloobi while reading the budget said the …
Read More »Justice Kisakye flies abroad for medical check up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supreme Court Judge, Justice Dr Esther Kisakye has flown out of the country for a medical check-up, the Judiciary has revealed. According to the Judiciary Public Relations Officer Jamson Karemani, Kisakye sought permission from Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to go for the check-up in a …
Read More »EAC constitutional experts interface with judiciary chiefs
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community Confederation of Constitutional experts led by former Ugandan Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki has today interfaced with the Judiciary of Uganda soliciting their views on what they want considered in the regional constitution. The Confederation put in place in 2018 is currently …
Read More »All judges may be called upon to hear election petitions; 127 on standby
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Judges in all courts across the country are to put aside all they have been handling and give attention to disputes that may arise from the forth-coming elections. Speaking to Journalists in Kampala, Jamson Karemani, the Judiciary Spokesperson, said when it comes to election petitions, all judges …
Read More »Delay to dispose off election petitions attributed to shortage of judges
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delay by the Court of Appeal to dispose off election petitions has been attributed to limited manpower. There are seven election appeal petitions whose judgments are yet to be delivered out of the 126 that were filed from the 2016 general elections. According …
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