THIS WEEK: Deputy CJ Dollo sworn in Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a Sept.30 function held at State House in Entebbe, Justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo was sworn in as Deputy Chief Justice (CJ) replacing retiring Justice Stephen Kavuma. While delivering his speech the president urged members of the …
Read More »Justice Owiny-Dollo Sworn in as new Deputy Chief Justice
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | President Yoweri Museveni has sworn in new Deputy Chief Justice, Alfonse Owiny Dollo, in a Saturday afternoon function at State House, Entebbe. Different stakeholders who included justices, members of the Judicial Service Commissioners, representatives of security agencies, the Minister of the Presidency Esther Mbayo and …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Judiciary suspends strike again, give another ultimatum
THIS WEEK: Judiciary suspends strike again, give another ultimatum Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Following several meetings, the judicial officials who had for weeks laid down their tools over salary enhancements and allowances agreed to go back to work but promised this was only for three months. Speaking to journalists …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Annulling an election
ANALYSIS: What made Kenya’s Supreme Court ruling possible. Why it cannot happen in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Minutes after the historic Supreme Court ruling in Kenya that nullified the Aug. 8 presidential election, someone tweeted a quick thought, “It is not an understatement to say that Kenya’s Supreme Court has taught …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Katureebe’s Kenyan test
ANALYSIS: Kenya Supreme Court annulment of election reignites debate over Uganda ruling Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On the evening of Sept.4, in the boardroom of his offices on Plot 103, Buganda Road, Mohmed Mbabazi, the lead lawyer in the 2016 Amama Mbabazi presidential elections petition, appeared like he was …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: CJ Katureebe’s Kenyan test
IN THE INDEPENDENT: Katureebe’s Kenyan test COVER STORY Katureebe’s Kenyan test: Kenya Supreme Court annulment of election reignites debate over Uganda ruling. THE LAST WORD Opening the Pandora’s Box: How the nullification of the presidential elections in Kenya has put that country on a slippery slope. NEWS ANALYSIS Cost of …
Read More »Judicial officers’ strike starts
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The on-going judges’ and magistrate’s strike has already started affecting litigants as one of the bride to be will miss her wedding tomorrow because the presiding magistrate Peter Fred Lochomin has not convened court today to deliver her bail application ruling. The unidentified female suspect …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Judges to be given a target of cases to handle a year
THIS WEEK: Judges to be given a target of cases to handle a year Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | During the Court Open Day held in Fort Portal on Aug.21, Chief Justice Bart Katureebe said judges are to be given a target of cases to handle in a specified …
Read More »IGG, Chief Justice differ on fighting corruption
The Inspector General of Government Justice Faith Mulyagonja and the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe are embroiled in a disagreement over how to tackle a vice that is crippling the public sector in Uganda. A few weeks back, while making remarks at the Annual Law Conference at Imperial Beach Hotel Entebbe, …
Read More »Chief Justice receives report on massive case backlog
The committee appointed to investigate and make recommendations on how to reduce case backlog in courts has handed over its report to the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe at the Highcourt. The nine- member committee headed by Court of Appeal Judge Richard Buteera revealed that there are over 37,8727 cases clogged …
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