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The Chief Justice of Uganda has urged judicial officers to connect more with the community. This is to make the legal system easier to understand for regular people and to simplify how courts work. This suggestion was shared during an open…

Parliament will soon vet three justices recently appointed to the Supreme Court and another to the Court of Appeal. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni exercised his constitutional powers under Article 142 (i) and appointed three justices…

Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo and The Attorney General have asked the Constitutional Court to dismiss with costs a petition filed by Supreme Court Justice Dr Esther Kisaakye saying it’s a disguised attempt to frustrate an on-going…

Supreme Court Judge Esther Kitimbo Kisaakye has sued the Chief Justice Owiny Dollo, the Permanent Secretary Pius Bigirimana, and two two other respondents for unlawful suspension of her duties and benefits. Justice Kisaakye…

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 on Wednesday at the Judiciary headquarters, the new…

National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine has withdrawn the petition he filed before the Supreme Court challenging President Museveni’s re-election on January 14. The filing of the petition has been a…

Justice Alfonse Chigamoy Owiny-Dollo is now the acting Chief Justice, the Judiciary has announced. Justice Dollo will now hold two portfolios of Deputy Chief Justice and acting Chief Justice, following the retirement and departure of…

Five Constitutional Court justices have dismissed a case which was questioning the legality of Army representatives in Parliament saying that it is Constitutional. In a unanimous judgment, the five justices led by the Deputy Chief…

President Yoweri Museveni has praised the system of appointments into government state leadership adding that the elevation of senior officers is a result of the new dispensation that came after 1986 when the Movement Government took over…