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| Justice George Kanyeihamba addresses students at a function recently. |
“The law society has been turned. You either change or resign. I spoke publicly about a year ago that one of the judges who was messing up cases and acting unjustly can be impeached under Article 1 of the Constitution. He is one judge who is very corrupt and is known to the ULS, he’s known by the IGG, he is known in the Law Council. There are a number of complaints against him, he’s still a judge,” Prof Kanyeihamba, a retired Supreme Court judge, charged.
He was speaking at the annual Lawyers Day celebrations at Nkumba University at the weekend under the theme “Nation building through facilitating access to justice”. The annual event brings together law students, practicing lawyers, and invited judicial officials.
Prof Kanyeihamba claimed he knows of at least half a dozen of Ugandan judges who receive ‘enkoko’ (chicken or bribes) and alleged that the ULS equally knows them but has not taken any action. He, however, did not mention the names of the judges who receive the said “enkoko”.
However, Mr Ernest Kalibbala, the vice president of the Uganda Law Society, expressed ignorance of the society ever receiving such a complaint of a notorious corrupt judge.
Mr Kalibala added that it should have been the responsibility of Justice Kanyeihamba to expose such a judicial officer since he has been close with the Judiciary. Read more
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