By Editorial
The Ugandan government has blasted international law bodies for trading what it termed as falsehoods in regard the recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission to the president to remove Justice Esther Kisaakye from office.
The Judicial Service Commission last month recommended to President Museveni for a tribunal to be instituted to have Justice Kisaakye investigated with a view of being removed from the Supreme Court for attacking the Chief Justice.
This didn’t augur well with international law bodies including the Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association and the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute that said in statements that Justice Kisaakye is being punished over her stance on the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary.
In a statement yesterday, the Attorney General explained that in line with its mandate, the Judicial Service Commission received a complaint against Justice Kisaakye over the alleged disparaging attack and denigration of the Chief Justice.
The Attorney General who blasted the two bodies for trading falsehoods over the matter, noted that the allegations in the complaint were investigated by giving all sides an opportunity to give their side of the story before coming up with a decision that informed the recommendation.
According to the Ugandan government, writing dissenting judgements is a common practice in all cases including election petitions, noting that nevertheless, these dissenting judgments don’t alter the majority decision of the court. END