In a speech at the 17th judges' conference yesterday, Prof Wasswa
Balunywa said acting chief justice Steven Kavuma should become
substantive since he has spent more than six months in the job.
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The principal of Makerere University Business School (Mubs) said the
practice in government institutions, which the Judiciary is part of, is
that if someone acts in a certain position for more than six months,
they should be confirmed as substantive. Kavuma has been acting chief
justice since 2013.
"The matter is in court and I don't want to speak about it. But in
the private sector and in government, there are laws for someone to act
in a certain position. In my institution, if someone acts in a position
for more than six months, you are obliged to put that person in place, I
think that is what the law says but I don't want to go down that
route... " said Prof Wasswa while presenting a paper in Entebbe.
The Mubs boss spoke in response to this question from Anti-Corruption
court judge Lawrence Gidudu: "The Judiciary does not have a chief
justice and deputy, we are happy that Justice Kavuma has filled the
void, but my question is, what is the impact of lacking substantive
leadership in the judiciary on its vision? This is so because to realize
that vision, the institution must have some certainty of leadership... "
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