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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has lashed out at a section of members of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) for planning to convene an extraordinary general meeting to discuss what they described as an attack on judicial independence by the Executive.<\/b><\/p>\n

The lawyers, who called the meeting, were incensed by President Museveni\u2019s December 7 letter, directing Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to intervene in the then looming sale of Muslim properties, including the land on which the national mosque at Old Kampala sits.<\/p>\n

But the chief government legal adviser said the December 7 letter was from one principal to another and the lawyers should not get involved.<\/p>\n

.\u201cAgain, we have had a lot of excitement about a communication between the President and the Chief Justice; with the Law Society sitting to discuss, discuss what? This was a communication between one arm of the State and another,\u201d Mr Kiwanuka said during the opening of the new Law Year in Kampala on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the law society has a legal mandate, as always we say to communicate our grievances to the Judiciary, why doesn\u2019t the Executive have a right to communicate its grievances? Let us know how far we must go,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Over the past week or so, a section of aggrieved members of the law society had compelled their leadership led by Mr Bernard Oundo to convene an extraordinary general meeting over the letter.<\/p>\n

According to the aggrieved lawyers, the President\u2019s letter amounted to an attack on the independence of the Judiciary.<\/p>\n

The planned meeting was, however, stopped by the High Court in Kampala last week, on account that its resolutions would have been illegal.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Friday event, the Chief Justice also criticised lawyers whom he said have made it a habit to belittle judicial officers over their court decisions.<\/p>\n

He said no amount of intimidation will make them render justice out of fear.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Judiciary of Uganda, which I have the privilege to head, will always render justice in accordance with the oath we took. We will not be intimidated, in other words, we will never render justice out of fear…,\u201d the CJ said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cIn fact, even if you bought a full page in the press to criticise a judge for a decision he\/she has rendered; if you appeared before the Chief Justice tomorrow, he will prove to you that he bears no ill will because of what you think about him….\u201d The president of the Uganda Law Society in his remarks criticised Mr Museveni\u2019s letter to the head of the Judiciary, branding it as an attack on judicial independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a recent letter dated December 7, 2023, the President wrote to the Chief Justice giving instructions on a case in the Court of Appeal, while Your Excellency, we agree that the President has and its within his powers to disagree with a court decision, we appeal that for the independence of the Judiciary, there shouldn\u2019t be any sort of direction from the fountain of honor,\u201d Mr Oundo said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThese letters erode public confidence in the Judiciary and, therefore, we call all actors from the government to respect judicial independence.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his speech read by Vice President Jessica Alupo, Mr Museveni urged judges to do refresher courses to abreast themselves with the latest skills to enable them effectively adjudicate emerging sophisticated crimes arising from technological advancement.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni named such sophisticated rising crimes as money laundering, terrorism financing, trafficking in persons, and smuggling in wildlife and wildlife products.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to encourage judicial officers, the state attorneys, police, prison staff, and advocates, among other stakeholders, to build capacity and acquire knowledge and skills in emerging sophisticated crimes arising from technological advancement and globalisation of human activities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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