By Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, the Chief Justice of Uganda, has pledged to address the Uganda Law Society’s allegations of a lack of judiciary independence in the sector as well as the problem of errant judicial officers.
The ULS – Judiciary Impasse: It started with the President’s letter to the Chief Justice advising the judiciary to exercise common sense over the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the sale of certain Moslem property. Later, ULS’s contempt intensified after Justice Byaruhanga’s Tilenga oil land dispute, which prompted the society to organize an extraordinary meeting to petition against the absence of judicial independence.
The Chief Justice then advised victims of abuses, such as the Head of the Civil Division of the High Court, Justice Musa Sekaana, to deal with any perpetrators of the act.
“You are saying you boycott the Law Year, what if we also boycott your presence in court and we say that Litigants should represent themselves? What type of legal profession are we building?” asked the Chief Justice.
At the 2024 New Law Year’s launch, the Chief Justice expressed his deep dissatisfaction with the way the learned fraternity of the bar responds to the judiciary’s perceived shortcomings.
“We believe and welcome criticism. Anyone who doesn’t believe in criticism is headed for doom but them that criticism should be constructive,” said CJ Owiny Dollo.
The ULS – Judiciary Impasse: It started with the President’s letter to the Chief Justice advising the judiciary to exercise common sense over the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the sale of certain Moslem property. Later, ULS’s contempt intensified after Justice Byaruhanga’s Tilenga oil land dispute, which prompted the society to organize an extraordinary meeting to petition against the absence of judicial independence.
The Chief Justice then advised victims of abuses, such as the Head of the Civil Division of the High Court, Justice Musa Sekaana, to deal with any perpetrators of the act.
“You are saying you boycott the Law Year, what if we also boycott your presence in court and we say that Litigants should represent themselves? What type of legal profession are we building?” asked the Chief Justice.
