The Chief Justice of Uganda, Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, has urged new judges to fully commit themselves to service in order to strengthen the administration of quality justice to Ugandans so as to make the judiciary more attractive amid growing mistrust.
According to the Chief Justice, excessive delays in dispensing justice and case backlog are some of the reasons some Ugandans don’t find courts appealing.
He said judiciary has failed to appeal to the people of Uganda, mainly because of inordinate delays in delivery of justice and the case backlog pandemic noting that this unfortunate trend has largely been a result of under-staffing and under-funding, which we have strived to improve, with commendable success.
Justice Owiny-Dollo said this while opening a two-week induction of 11 judges who have been elevated to the High Court.
