The Judiciary will review six controversial judgments in which Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) lost billions of shillings, Principal Judge Yorokamu Bamwine has directed.
Justice Bamwine said the files for the cases will be recalled to ensure justice and URA is helped to execute its mandate.
He, however, did not specify when the files will be recalled and what period of time it will take for the review.
Justice Bamwine made the directive during an engagement between the Judiciary and the tax collectors in Wakiso District last week.
The cases in question involve several businessmen who were charged for various offences of tax evasion or causing revenue loss but the convicts were either given sentences deemed as light or escaped mysteriously.
In one case, a businessman, Mr Francis Kimera, is accused of being in charge of a truck used for smuggling.
Mr Kimera was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment.
However, after two days of serving sentence, the case was recalled by the same judicial officer who ordered the release of the convict and truck.
Another case involves Mr Elisa Namoso, a public officer who was being charged for corruption under the Anti-Corruption Act.
Mr Namoso was convicted and given bail pending sentencing. He has never been seen to-date. Read more
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