President Museveni's appointment of Steven Kavuma as deputy chief justice appears to have run into trouble, with lawyers vowing to block it.
The development threatens to throw the judiciary, which has endured two years without substantive leadership, back into turmoil. Gerald Karuhanga, the Western Youth MP, was set to file an application over the matter in the High court today, Monday. Among other things, Karuhanga will try to stop parliament from vetting Kavuma's elevation to the judiciary's second highest-ranking job.
On Friday, Karuhanga told The Observer that Justice Kavuma was appointed illegally on March 5, when Museveni also named Bart Katureebe chief justice. Read more
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