Speaking during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Southern and Eastern Africa Chief Justices' Forum Conference in Kampala on Wednesday, Among highlighted the importance of judicial reforms and regional collaboration for fostering strong and fair judicial systems.
Speaking at the 8th Annual Conference of the Southern and Eastern Africa Chief Justices Forum, Museveni condemned the high interest rates imposed by money lenders, describing them as exploitative and a threat to Uganda’s economic stability when not properly regulated.
The Instrument also shows that the cases originating from Bukedea, Ngora and Kumi districts previously filed under the Soroti High Court Circuit shall be transferred to Kumi High Court Circuit; while the cases originating from Buvuma and Buikwe districts previously filed under the Mukono High Court Circuit shall be transferred to Lugazi High Court Circuit.
In the petition filed before the Constitutional Court, Kisaakye who is seeking 24 orders among dozens of other declarations wants the record showing that she has been away without official leave quashed and be assigned duties and reinstated as the administrative head of the Supreme Court.
The CJ suspended the hearing of cases more than 40 days due to a surge in COVID-19 infections and deaths resulting from the second wave of the pandemic.
This is not the first time Mabirizi is complaining about the invasion of parliament by the army. In 2018 after the passing of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2018 that removed the age limitations from the Constitution, Mabirizi petitioned national and international courts over the invasion of Special Forces Command that saw a number of MPs being beaten and others injured.
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo today overruled Lwemiyaga MP Theodore Ssekikubo for raising concern over President Museveni’s presence in parliament as MPs voted.
Justice Owiny-Dollo argued that if Mabirizi had sought to discover his moral competence, he would have found out that he previously took instructions from a wide range of clients whom he didn’t bond with while exercising his profession as a lawyer.