The funding is to cater for operationalisation of newly gazetted courts, transport equipment, implementation of new staff structure, construction and renovation of courts, innovation in case management and disposal of cases.
With this position, Uganda trails neighbours Rwanda at 37th position, Kenya (102nd) and Tanzania (93rd). Kenya and Rwanda improved by three places each while Tanzania stayed in the same position as last year. Burundi and South Sudan were not ranked.
According to the statement, six of the sessions will be held at the Land Division in Kampala targeting 120 cases. Five other sessions will be held at Mukono, Mbale, Masaka, Mpigi, Kabale and Jinja High Courts.
Mukono Municipality MP Betty Nambooze says they have received reports that members of the ruling party are scheming for a constitutional amendment suggesting that the president should be elected through the Electoral College as opposed to the Adult Suffrage system which has been used over the years.
Wabutwa says the cells at Buvuma Central Police station have a capacity of 20 suspects, but they end up with more than its capacity since they have to wait until Thursday to arraign them in court.
The Judiciary was queried for banking bail deposits on the Consolidated Fund account instead of the bail account in the Central bank, failure to account for 761 million Shillings paid to State Briefs and the accumulation of domestic arrears arising out of unpaid utilities, rent, expenses on cleaning services and motor vehicle maintenance, among others.
The Judiciary has objected to the presence of the Secretary to the Treasury and the Solicitor General on a proposed Judiciary Advisory Committee. The Judiciary Advisory Committee is provided for in the Administration of the Judiciary Bill that is currently before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee for scrutiny.
The Bill seeks to provide for and strengthen the independence of the Judiciary. The proposed law is meant to operationalize articles in the constitution that deal with the Judiciary as an independent arm of government.
Paul Mukungu, the LC III Chairperson of Luweero town explains that many people have resorted to mob justice after losing trust and confidence in judicial systems.
According to Natwaluma, Masindi prison is the most congested with 1462 inmates followed by Kiboga with more than more than 200 inmates and Hoima with 184 inmates.
Parliament on Wednesday passed a motion to increase the number of High Court judges from 49 to 82 in a move aimed at covering the gap in the judiciary.
In one the cases, Amina Miiro, a disabled widow was thrown out of her land on the orders of the chief magistrates court without being given a chance to defend herself. Amina, a resident of Kabale in Isingiro district narrated her ordeal to the principal judge prompting him to ask the resident judge Duncan Gaswaga to take action.
The proposed Administration of Justice Bill is still held up at cabinet level, URN has learnt. The piece of legislation seeks to provide for and strengthen the independence of the Judiciary.
Mafabi, 51, died this afternoon as he was being rushed Mukwaya General Hospital in Nsambya, Kampala, according to a member of the family who declined to be named.
