Retired High Court Judge Anup Singh Choudry has warned that unless salaries for judicial officers are improved, the temptation for corruption will always remain rife.
“We now read of allegations of a judge demanding a sh500m bribe. Almost every judge is accused of alleged bribery and this is not healthy or good neither for the integrity or morale of the judiciary nor for public confidence in those who are trusted to discharge justice,” Choudry said.
Speaking to The New Vision from his holiday home in Malta on phone, Choudry asked Justice Bart Katureebe, who he described as a man of the highest integrity, to disclose the names of all unscrupulous judicial officers in the best interest of the judiciary.
However, Choudry said that "the judiciary needs to be sexed up with decent salaries, better terms and conditions in retirement" if it is to attract personnel with high intellectual grasp for swift disposal of cases both from Uganda and abroad.
“The government has done a magnificent job in bringing peace, security, tranquilly in the country and in making economic strides that has given Uganda a global recognition. An inverse of judicial funding, compared with some other national institutions in the country, is false economy to sustain an impecunious Judiciary pivotal to the rule of law, and our economic development,” he asserted. Written by New Vision
“We now read of allegations of a judge demanding a sh500m bribe. Almost every judge is accused of alleged bribery and this is not healthy or good neither for the integrity or morale of the judiciary nor for public confidence in those who are trusted to discharge justice,” Choudry said.
Speaking to The New Vision from his holiday home in Malta on phone, Choudry asked Justice Bart Katureebe, who he described as a man of the highest integrity, to disclose the names of all unscrupulous judicial officers in the best interest of the judiciary.
However, Choudry said that "the judiciary needs to be sexed up with decent salaries, better terms and conditions in retirement" if it is to attract personnel with high intellectual grasp for swift disposal of cases both from Uganda and abroad.
“The government has done a magnificent job in bringing peace, security, tranquilly in the country and in making economic strides that has given Uganda a global recognition. An inverse of judicial funding, compared with some other national institutions in the country, is false economy to sustain an impecunious Judiciary pivotal to the rule of law, and our economic development,” he asserted. Written by New Vision
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