Wa wa wa wa wa -- Sorry Lawyers. You have been told. By His Honour!!! After what he did for the NRM thing and JPAM. My ribs are killing me. Note to self, upgrade the health insurance. Someone gonna have to fix my ribs. JUSTICE!!!! ---------------------------------- Following their boycott of the New Law Year function held at High Court in Kampala on Friday, the Acting Chief Justice Steven Kavuma has warned lawyers under the Uganda Law Society against intimidating him. The lawyers today shunned the occasion in protest of Government’s failure to fill the positions of the new Chief Justice and the Deputy. “I can’t be intimidated by anyone and in any case coming to this function was by individual will. What is important is the fact that the bar was effectively represented by judges, justices and lawyers including the Attorney General,” Kavuma said while addressing journalists on Friday. “Even if there was no single lawyer present at the function but the Attorney General is around, the bar would effectively be represented because the Attorney General is custodian of the law.” Uganda Law society President Ruth Ssebatindira stressed earlier this week that for the second year, the function of initiating the new law year is being conducted without a Chief Justice and his deputy; which she said was wrong and a sign of what she termed as a “dubious manner” the judiciary is being run in the country. This follows Parliament’s, refusal to endorse the reappointment of Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki, who they said had exceeded the required age limit. Empty seats in the tents set for ULS members Empty seats in the tents set for ULS members However in reply, the Acting Chief Justice explained that there is nothing to worry about, and that everything was moving on smoothly in the judiciary. President Museveni, when reminded again about the vacant posts at a radio talk show recently, said he was aware of the dent and promised to fill it. “This hasn’t had any effect on the running of the judiciary. The absence of a Chief Justice should not be an excuse to collapse of the whole institution. Challenges are part of life that we must face if we are to succeed. Come rain or sunshine, we shall continue dispensing justice to all people,”Kavuma said. Kavuma added that the burden of appointing the Chief Justice is on the Judicial Service Commission, the President and Parliament whom he said need to be reprimanded and not the judiciary. “The Judicial Service Commission is supposed to recommend names to the President from whom they feel is fit to become the Chief Justice and the President nominates whom he thinks can do better and sends the name to Parliament for approval,” Kavuma added. “Judiciary is however not party to this and we pray those 3 will come up and do their work so as a substantive Chief Justice is appointed.” chimpreports/justice-kavuma-slams-law-society-over-boycott/
Posted on: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:48:52 +0000
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