The Ugandan judiciary is an institution that has unfortunately become acquiescent to external arm-twisting in total disregard of its Constitutionally mandated independence. It is undoubtedly proven that only an independent judiciary can protect citizens from arbitrary state impunity and that doesn’t require rocket science for any judicial officer to fathom. Conceivably, the problem is that these judicial officers may want to act in such a manner in order to be coddled by the ‘deity’ that benefits from such an ensnared judiciary. The constitution of the Republic of Uganda 1995 as amended recognizes the tripartite structure and independence of state institutions—the executive, judiciary and legislature—but the judiciary has become another appurtenance of the executive. We are driven into torture chambers where we are mutilated incommunicado in total disregard of the law.

Source: Ethiopian News June 04, 2022 12:32 UTC