President Museveni is wearing a smile towards the Judiciary for its decision to reorient its philosophy of administering justice from a colonial setting to a more African way of extending justice to the wanainchi. He says this is in line with the Constitutions of African countries, which mandate the courts of respective countries to administer…
The government is seeking to recruit 122 senior judicial officers, among them 11 judges and 27 registrars, deputies and assistants, to bolster capacity for fast-tracking justice administration countrywide. According to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), the agency that recruits, remunerates and disciplines judicial officials, up to 71 grade one magistrate and 13 chief magistrate positions…
The Secretary to the Judiciary, who also doubles as the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana has backed off Supreme Court Justice, Dr. Esther Kisaakye Mayambala. Last month, the International Commission of Jurists accused Bigirimana of being discriminatory and biased against Justice Kisaakye and trying to block her from receiving her monthly salary and other benefits. Bigirimana…
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has said that about seven trillion shillings is locked up in undissolved disputes before the Commercial Division of the High Court. Owiny-Dollo revealed this while delivering the Annual Performance Report of the Judiciary at the High Court in Kampala on Wednesday. He said the monies are tied up due to…
The Judiciary has unveiled new bail guidelines aimed at promoting uniformity and consistency by courts while considering bail applications. Launched by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo at the Judiciary headquarters on Wednesday, the new guidelines require courts to consider and dispose of bail applications expeditiously within 30 days from receipt of the application with the intention…
The Court of Appeal has concluded the hearing of election appeals. The court received 84 election appeals arising from the 2021 elections and subsequent High Court decisions. According to the Judiciary public relations officer Jameson Karemani, five cases have been disposed of in the sessions that started on March 21, 2022, and the justices of…
The Judiciary has appointed 15 judges to handle 81 election appeals starting next week. The judges are Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Fredrick Egonda Ntende, Elizabeth Musoke, Cheborion Barishaki, and Irene Mulyagonja. Others are Hellen Obura, Catherine Bamugemereire, Stephen Musota, Christopher Gashirabake, Christopher Izama Madrama, Eva Luswata, Muzamir Mutangula Kibeedi, and Monica Mugenyi.…
Forty three newly appointed Grade One Magistrates have been deployed and seven other Judicial Officers transferred, according to changes announced by the Chief Registrar Sarah Langa Siu. The deployed judicial officers were appointed in October this year following a recruitment process by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) chaired by Justice Benjamin Kabiito. The new appointments…
Yesterday marked a year since Ugandan security forces brutally clamped down on people protesting the arrest of opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi wine, killing 54 people, and injuring scores more. Just before noon on November 18, 2020, two months ahead of Uganda’s general elections, security forces arrested Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, as…
The Judiciary has revealed that, it has received Shs1.2 billion to handle 155 petitions arising from January 14, 2021, general elections. The revelation was made by the Jameson Karemani, the spokesperson to Judiciary. The hearings for the Parliamentary Elections will kick-off on August 16 petitions in the different high Court circuits across the country. “We…
