Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and the Attorney General have asked the Constitutional court to dismiss with costs a petition filed by Supreme Court Justice, Dr. Esther Kisaakye saying it’s a disguised attempt to frustrate an on-going inquiry into her conduct and abscondment from duty. In …
Read More »Lawyers call for mediation between Justice Kisaakye, CJ Alfonse Owiny
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several lawyers want Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye, and Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to settle their grievances through mediation. According to lawyers, allowing the feud between two senior Justices of the highest court of the land, to end up in court before their juniors would set …
Read More »Justice Kisaakye sues Chief Justice Owiny Dollo
Others jointly sued with Owiny-Dollo are Dr Pius Bigirimana the Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary, Sarah Langa Siu the Chief Registrar of Courts of Judicature, Apophia Tumwine the Commissioner of Human Resources Judiciary, the Judicial Service Commission and the Attorney General Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supreme Court Justice …
Read More »Mabirizi wants court to compel Bigirimana to apologize to Justice Kisaakye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lawyer Male Mabirizi has filed an application in the High Court seeking orders to compel the Secretary to the Judiciary, Pius Bigirimana to publicly apologize to the Supreme Court Justice Esther Kisaakye. In an application filed in the High Court in Kampala, Mabirizi who is …
Read More »ICJ demands fair hearing for Justice Kisaakye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Commission of Jurists-ICJ has raised concern about the alleged unfair treatment of Supreme Court Justice Dr. Esther Kisaakye and the implications it may carry for the independence of the Judiciary in Uganda. ICJ is an international human rights non-governmental organization with a standing group …
Read More »Supreme Court defers case of six MPs dismissal over quorum
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A panel of six Supreme Court Justices have adjourned two consolidated appeals challenging the constitutional court decision that ordered for the dismissal of six Members of Parliament from the newly created municipalities. The case has been adjourned to October 14, 2020 after the panel …
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