Before taking leave of the case, the Justices who were led by Mutangula Kibeedi have made an opinion that the Chief Justice should in future consider the gravity of a case like this and make rules under the Civil Procedure Act to provide for restrictions on litigation by vexatious litigants.
Mabirizi accused Ssekaana for being biased , incompetent and not able to head the smallest court of a family, and one who doesn't qualify for any award from Uganda Law Society and even for a Grade Two Magistrate
In the petition filed on Tuesday, Peter Eceru, a lawyer and Programmes Specialist at CEHURD which is suing the government for contempt of court said he had perused through the budget framework papers for the FY 2021/22 and found no sufficient funds for the health sector in general and maternal health in particular.
Elakas is accused of assaulting a voter, Charles Robert Opus, a resident of Abela village, Getom sub-county in Katakwi District at Akello restaurant in Katakwi on February 10th, 2018 over a land dispute.
It was Justice Ssekaana’s finding that the Makerere University Search Committee headed by J.Y.T Mugisha erred when it took a decision and forwarded only one name of Prof Bazeyo to the University Senate for endorsement. He explained that this was an abuse of discretion and wrongful exercise of power in as far as the Universities and other Tertiary Institutions Act is concerned.
Justice Okwanga ruled that the phone be confiscated and the owner pays a fine of 30,000 Shillings for interrupting the court session. He said that Nabbanja breached the ground rules of the court which instructs all people to maintain silence and switch off the phone as indicated on signposts spread all over the court.
