Be polite to everyone,state attorneys counselled
Aug 24, 2015
Judicial officers have been asked to endeavour to improve customer care and avoid being rude to members of the public who go seeking for services in courts of law because they pay taxes from which they get their salaries.
By Eddie Ssejjoba
Judicial officers have been asked to endeavour to improve customer care and avoid being rude to members of the public who go seeking for services in courts of law because they pay taxes from which they get their salaries.
The Commissioner for Legal advisory services in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Christopher Gashirabake said that members of the public that go to courts of law should be treated with courtesy because they were customers who pay taxes from which civil servants including judicial officers get their emoluments.
"We want our judicial officers to learn good customer care because these customers are tax payers who are supposed to be treated well, our officers should be courteous and learn to be patient with their customers," he said.
Gashirabake was speaking at the closing of a three-day induction course for twelve newly recruited state attorneys at Statistics House in Kampala.
Ten of the new recruits have been posted at regional offices in Mbarara, Gulu, Mbale, Arua and Moroto while two would remain at the directorate of civil litigation.
He asked the new officers to always protect the image of their mother ministry and the judicial system in particular by being good to everyone, which he said was part of their code of conduct.
He also asked them to keep their oath of secrecy by avoiding disclosing, exposing or discussing government secrets in public.
He cautioned them against irresponsible sexual behaviour, saying some of them had been posted in risky areas where HIV/Aids was rampant and therefore needed to guard themselves against the vice.
Hope Byaruhanga, the personnel human resource officer at the ministry of justice and constitutional affairs told the recruits that after their training, there was no cause for one to make mistakes, and asked them to always consult before committing themselves and read all the law books availed to them.
She said the induction course was intended to make them get settled quickly at their jobs and execute their roles and obligations.
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