Museveni rejects early retirement for Kisaakye

By Anthony Wesaka President Museveni has turned down a request by Supreme Court judge Esther Kitimbo Kisaakye to retire early. The judge’s application to leave nearly seven years ahead of schedule had been lodged three months ago in mid-July. It was filed against the backdrop of a reportedly difficult time on the bench for her in recent years. Those tensions are suspected to have exploded in the current storm of controversy she finds herself in, involving Chief Justice Alfonse Chigamoi Owiny-Dollo and other top Judiciary officials. In his October 2 letter rejecting Jus- tice Kisaakye’s request, the President reasons that she is still the subject of an ongoing inquiry and so cannot leave just yet. The inquiry being conducted by […]