Parliament vets 11 new appointed High Court Judges

By Francis Lubega

21^st July 2023

Parliament’s Appointments Committee has vetted 11 new acting High Court judges that were recently appointed by President Yoweri Museveni. 

The vetting process chaired by Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among on Friday follows a notification by Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige to members of the Appointments Committee issued on 17th July.

Those vetted include Jameson Karemani, Flavia Nabakooza, Phillip Willebrord Mwaka, Christine Akello Echookit, Amos Kwizera, David Makumbi, Samson Lwokya, and Rosette Comfort Kania.

The others are Patience Emily Tumusiime, Farouq Lubega, Jacqueline Mwondha, and Aisha Naluzze Batala.

Their appointment brings the number of High Court judges to 81 and this comes after the Parliament’s approval of an expanded staffing structure for High Court judges from the current 83 to 151 judges.

With the new appointments, the staffing gap for judges remains at 70.

Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has on several occasions attributed the case backlog in court to the low number of judges.

Meanwhile, the Appointments Committee also vetted the new Executive Director of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), Samuel Were Wandera, who is to replace Sydney Asubo.

Also vetted is the Education Service Commission Chairperson, Dr.Samuel Luboga.

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