President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has increased 3 Courtroom of Enchantment judges to the Excellent Courtroom, expanding the selection of judges within the under-staffed apex court docket to 13, consistent with a leaked letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Amongst pronouncing the choices.
In the similar appointment, President Museveni rewarded any other of his private lawyers, Mr. John Oscar Kihika with the coveted designation as a Courtroom of Enchantment pass judgement on, arguably making him the primary ugandan legal professional in contemporary historical past to leap from the Bar instantly to the second one maximum tough court docket within the nation.
The scoop of the appointments was once showed and reported on through the Observe newspaper.
The Courtroom of Enchantment Judges promoted to the Excellent Courtroom are: Justice Elizabeth Musoke, Justice Christopher Madrama and Justice Stephen Musota.
Oscar Kihika’s appointment as a Courtroom of Enchantment pass judgement on comes a 12 months after President Museveni appointed Kiryowa Kiwanuka as Lawyer Basic.
The 2 legal professionals and their regulation companies have represented the President in different criminal issues together with Presidential election petitions in opposition to him.
On the time of his appointment, Kihiika has been the criminal director in President Yoweri Museveni’s political birthday party, NRM.
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