The Judiciary is seeking a new Deputy Chief Justice in preparation for the coming retirement of Justice Richard Buteera who has been holding the second highest office in the institution since 2020. Buteera is expected to clock the mandatory retirement age of 70 years for Court of Appeal Justices / Constitutional Court in April 2025 and will leave […]
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday April sealed the anti-homosexuality law as it declared that the Anti Homosexuality Act of 2023 complies with the Constitution of Uganda. The five judges led by the Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera only nullified four aspects. The nullified Sections include; 3(2)(c), 9, 11(2)(d) and 14 of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023 […]
The Constitutional Court has fixed tomorrow April 3, 2024 to deliver its long waited judgement in the case in which activists are seeking to nullify the Anti Homosexuality Act of 2023 for criminalizing consensual sex among same-sex adults. According to the summons issued to the Deputy Registrar Susanne Okeny Anyala, the judgement in which 11 […]
A South African national, Joachim Ugochukwu Onyeako has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for kidnapping with the intention to procure a ransom. Onyeako was sentenced by a panel of three Court of Appeal Justices comprised of Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera, Justices Christopher Gashirabake, and Oscar Kihiika on grounds that the offense to […]
Newly appointed High Court registrars have been called upon to assist the judiciary in reducing the backlog and ensure timely dispensation of justice. According to the Chief Registrar, Sarah Langa Siu, the judiciary currently faces a backlog of 43,617 cases that have been in the system for many years. In Uganda, a case is considered […]