The Acting Chief Justice Steven Kavuma has said he was properly selected to act as the Deputy Chief Justice by virtue of which he is also properly acting as Chief Justice.
Kavuma filed an affidavit in the High Court challenging an application in which the Legal Brains Trust (LBT) Limited, a civil society organization, seeks to stop him from performing the statutory functions of the acting Chief Justice and those of his deputy.
LBT Ltd, by notice of motion filed in November 2014, asked court yo make several declarations among which declaring the Principal Judge as the titular head of the judiciary. The Prinicipal Judge would preside over at all ceremonial assemblies of the Judiciary and other agencies of the government.
LBT faulted the government, accusing the appointing authority of failing to promptly fill the two positions there by crippling the functioning of the Judiciary and gravely infringing the constitution. The applicant also asked the court to compel the Judicial Service Commission, the President and other agencies of the government to appoint the substantive Chief Justice and the deputy Chief Justice as soon as possible.
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