Retired Supreme court judge George W. Kanyeihamba has responded to Chief Justice Bart Katureebe who recently asked him to name in confidence the judicial officers he alleges to be corrupt. Kanyeihamba told The Observer on Monday that he had written back to Katureebe.
"The matter is confidential but I wrote back to the chief justice telling him that I'm going to compile the information he asked from me. That's all I can say," Kanyeihamba said by telephone.
In a letter dated April 22, Justice Katureebe commended the retired Kanyeihamba's outspokenness against corruption in the judiciary but challenged him to go beyond talking about it.
"I, therefore, would appreciate if you would give me in confidence the names of the judicial officers that you know to be corrupt and instances of such corruption. I shall then proceed to deal with the matter in accordance with the law and the constitution," Justice Katureebe wrote.
The new chief justice also wrote separately to senior lawyer Peter Mulira and Tamale Mirundi, the controversial president's press secretary, making a similar request.
During the annual lawyers' day event held at Nkumba University on April 19, Kanyeihamba said: "There is one judge who is very corrupt and is known to the Uganda Law Society; he's known by the IGG, he is known in the law council. There are a number of complaints against him and he is still a judge." Read more
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