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President Yoweri Museveni has supported the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), an innovation that the Judiciary wants to roll out to quickly dispose of cases within the community.

Museveni during Thursday’s commissioning of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal buildings at City Square in Kampala, said that the initiative will reduce a lot of anger in the population.

President Yoweri Museveni officially commissioning the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal buildings at City Square in Kampala. (Photo by Miriam Namutebi)

The system involves the use of mediation, arbitration, and negotiations conducted by personalities that all parties respect and trust to solve such disputes.

“I want to thank the Judiciary again for what they have correctly called the original justice system. I am glad that you are providing a window where even murder can be forgiven, instead of pursuing the line of an eye for an eye; I praise you for this effort, once we institutionalise, a lot of anger in the population will be avoided,” Museveni said.

President Yoweri Museveni posing for a picture with other officials in front of Court of Appeal building. (Photo by Miriam Namutebi)

But for the system to be operationalised, Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo called for an increase in the Judiciary’s budget to the tune of sh800b.

In response, Museveni assured the Chief Justices that the financing issue will be resolved in a special meeting being organized by his Private Secretary.

President Yoweri Museveni posing for a picture with other officials in front of the Supreme Court building. (Photo by Miriam Namutebi)

President Museveni also handed over an electric bus, manufactured by scientists under the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation to the Chief Justice to ease their movement while carrying out their work.

The building will house offices of the Judiciary that have been in rental buildings in and around Kampala.