The Principal Judge, Dr Flavian Zeija has reassured administrative staff at Mukono High Court that the Judiciary is pushing for better remuneration although it faced a setback from Cabinet adding that the Chief Justice has written to the President on the same issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Principal Judge made the remarks while concluding his inspection of courts under Mukono High Court Circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the three-day inspection, Zeija received reports of improved service delivery and heightened levels of integrity in the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He urged staff to keep up the good work and avoid temptations of \u201cshort termism\u201d vices such as corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I encourage you to be able to do two things; work hard and have integrity.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that the administration was not oblivious to the staff\u2019s financial constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We now have a new Judiciary where we are supposed to determine our own terms of reference,” he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained that following the enactment of the Administration of Judiciary Act, the institution is meant to go through a transitional period within which a phased implementation of its provisions is done including migrating administrative staff from Public Service to the Judiciary Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On her part, the Chief Registrar, Sarah Langa Siu, appealed to the staff to prepare for a new Judiciary and drop the vices that hinder justice delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the plans she listed to enhance service delivery the Chief Registrar highlighted the setup of audio-visual link facilities in all High Court circuits and some Chief Magistrate courts, the construction of a Judiciary central archive, recruitment of judicial officers, supporting peer learning and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She, however, decried the practice of some judicial officers who upon transfer or promotion do not complete cases pending judgment before moving stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The judicial officers were tasked to draft a list of all cases pending judgment saying the culpable officers will be required to deliver the judgments thereof.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Principal Judge and the Chief Registrar first visited Mukono Chief Magistrate court where they were received by a team led by Sarah Tusiime, the Chief Magistrate and Magistrates Grade One; Muinda Tadeo, Kagoya Jackline and Koburunga Patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tusiime reported that the court had a total workload of 1,599 cases out of which 155 are backlogged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From there, the PJ was taken on a guided tour of the construction site of the Mukono High Court building by the Senior Resident Judge, David Batema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Batema and Elizabeth Kabanda decried the increasing workload noting that currently, the total workload of the court stands at 4,835 cases of which 3,127 are backlog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Batema explained that most of the cases were matters previously filed under Jinja High Court Circuit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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