Museveni’s Judicial analysis is spot on
Jan 28, 2009
Many people, professional lawyers and laymen have made negative responses to President Museveni’s suggestion that governments need to get a way how court judgments can be audited especially baised judgments that are made at the highest level where all a
Phenehas Tukamwesiga
Many people, professional lawyers and laymen have made negative responses to President Museveni’s suggestion that governments need to get a way how court judgments can be audited especially baised judgments that are made at the highest level where all avenues of appeal are impossible like the Supreme Court for Uganda’s case.
This is a new area where the President’s analysis of events transcends that of professionals who do not appreciate the beauty of inventions and innovations in their areas of specialty.
Museveni’s suggestion has opened a hot debate about finding a solution to the loophole in the traditional judicial system that has existed unnoticed for a longtime.
For example the Uganda court system which was inherited from the common law of England was set-up in such a way that when one party is not satisfied with the judgment in a lower court, he or she can appeal to the next higher court, which is very good. But when you reach the Supreme Court level, there is no other option for someone unsatisfied with the judgment.
This is a big loophole and in my opinion it is this that prompted the President to suggest an independent audit of such judgments and he is absolutely right.
Judges are human beings who can be corrupted by their personal interests.
For example, what if the judges of the Supreme Court connive in a very sensitive case? Can’t they make biased judgments?
Therefore, checks are needed like how the President has suggested to provide for any eventuality and I guess soon or later such checks will be introduced in the law system.
Another area where President Museveni’s analysis transcended that of professionals, was in a meeting with Makerere University Council where he challenged professors to explain why the cost of educating a student in Uganda was twice the cost of educating a student in India. But the professors failed to give adequate explanations.
Let us be flexible and welcome constructive ideas irrespective of who has brought them for the sake of developing our country.
The writer is a relationship officer Post Bank Kampala
Many people, professional lawyers and laymen have made negative responses to President Museveni’s suggestion that governments need to get a way how court judgments can be audited especially baised judgments that are made at the highest level where all avenues of appeal are impossible like the Supreme Court for Uganda’s case.
This is a new area where the President’s analysis of events transcends that of professionals who do not appreciate the beauty of inventions and innovations in their areas of specialty.
Museveni’s suggestion has opened a hot debate about finding a solution to the loophole in the traditional judicial system that has existed unnoticed for a longtime.
For example the Uganda court system which was inherited from the common law of England was set-up in such a way that when one party is not satisfied with the judgment in a lower court, he or she can appeal to the next higher court, which is very good. But when you reach the Supreme Court level, there is no other option for someone unsatisfied with the judgment.
This is a big loophole and in my opinion it is this that prompted the President to suggest an independent audit of such judgments and he is absolutely right.
Judges are human beings who can be corrupted by their personal interests.
For example, what if the judges of the Supreme Court connive in a very sensitive case? Can’t they make biased judgments?
Therefore, checks are needed like how the President has suggested to provide for any eventuality and I guess soon or later such checks will be introduced in the law system.
Another area where President Museveni’s analysis transcended that of professionals, was in a meeting with Makerere University Council where he challenged professors to explain why the cost of educating a student in Uganda was twice the cost of educating a student in India. But the professors failed to give adequate explanations.
Let us be flexible and welcome constructive ideas irrespective of who has brought them for the sake of developing our country.
The writer is a relationship officer Post Bank Kampala