HOW JUDGES IN UGANDA HAVE LOST THEIR JUDICIAL IMMUNITY The judiciary of Uganda just like other public sectors is dogged by many challenges. From low pay, low morale, understaffing, case backlog to suffering the indignity of renting significant office space from Court users. This list makes for a depressing read but to its credit, the judiciary has soldiered on. The situation may just have been made worse by the unmasking of judicial immunity which judicial officers have been enjoying as a matter of course in the discharge of their judicial duties. Unlike the other challenges mentioned above which are mainly caused by external factors like the underwhelming budget support they perennially receive from the Government, this time the new challenge which is a threat to their judicial immunity has been caused by the judges themselves. In a transitional Country like Uganda where members of Parliament use their legislative mandate to increase their pay and also illegally exempt that pa...
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