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@kfm Wed, 20 Dec 2023 04:50:10

Judicial body petitioned over conduct of judge

By Priscilla Maloba Seven lawyers have petitioned the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), disputing the conduct of a judge over a judgment he rendered involving families in Hoima District affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP). The lawyers are against the decision of Hoima High Court Judge Jesse Byaruhanga Rugyema. In a December 18 petition from Kiiza & Mugisha Advocates, the lawyers said they are“flabbergasted that the rule of law is being sacrificed on the dirty altar of unmistakable judicial bias, unprofessionalism, incom- petence and other shortfalls by His Lordship Jesse Byaruhanga Rugyema, in a bid to grant favours to government and TotalEnergies”. The aggrieved lawyers include Eron Kiiza, Dickens Kamugisha, Bashir Twesigye, Frank Tumusiime, Clare Ayebare, Micheal […]

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