Ugandan Judiciary hailed for prompt handling of election petitions

The Ugandan Judiciary has been praised for the prompt handling of election petitions by the African Peer Review Mechanism

A country assessment report by the African Peer Review Mechanism presented to the plenary of the Pan African Parliament sitting in Midrand,South Africa notes that despite having resource constraints, the judiciary made an extraordinary effort to handle election petitions promptly following the first ever multiparty elections of 2006.

The report notes that the entire backlog of election petitions was completed within a period of two months by the Supreme Court. Read more