Daily Monitor
Sunday May 02 2021
Former Electoral Commission chairperson Badru Kiggundu (centre) testifies before the Supreme Court during the Amama Mbabazi election petition in 2016 . PHOTOS/ FILE
Summary
Five years ago, the Supreme Court seemed to have okayed the idea by the Electoral Commission that it could withdraw a national voters register but this week the Constitutional Court ruled that such an act is illegal,
Derrick Kiyonga writes.
In March 2016, Nobert Mao, sporting his customary suit, made an intermittent visit to the Supreme Court, in Kololo, Kampala.
The Democratic Party’s president general’s visit to the Supreme Court was because he wanted to listen to the judgment of the case in which former prime minister Amama Mbabazi challenged the victory of his former boss, President Museveni, on grounds that it was fraught with fraud.
Judiciary budget to jump four-fold to Shs800b
Saturday April 10 2021
Summary
The Judiciary says the money will help set up Court of Appeal stations in eight other towns, increase High Court judges from 81 to 126, Supreme Court judges from 11 to 15, station a chief magistrate in every district and provide more lower magistrates.
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The Judiciary is readying a proposal for a four-fold increase in its funding, which they say is the only way to improve the dispensing of justice to Ugandans.
In the new proposal, the Judiciary’s draft budget for the coming financial year is Shs800 billion, up from about Shs200b it received for this financial year.