âAnd if courts are giving biased judgements, then their time will also come. We had an army that was killing people, robbing our property, raping women, now that army we demolished it and we created a new army,â he said.
SHOULD THIS BE TAKEN AS A FRONTAL ASSAULT ON THE UGANDAN JUDICIAl system? IS MUSEVENI AND HIS NRM NOW THE JUDGE, THE PROSECUTOR,AND THE HANGMAN? SOM MUCH SO THAT THE JUSTICES MUST RENDER DECISION WHICH ACCORDING TO MUSEVENI IS NOT BIAS? SO WHAT EXACTLY IS MUSEVENI GOING TO DO TO THE UGANDAN JUDGES..REALLY WE WANT TO KNOW? Museveni pledges to sort out judges By Solomon Muyita & Joseph Olanyo July 18, 2004 ENTEBBE - President Yoweri Museveni has said that the days for the âbiasedâ courts in Uganda Judiciary are numbered. âSome people say that the judges are above everybody. That is not true,â said Museveni, adding that judges are hiding behind the principle of separation of power to mete out injustice to the people. President Yoweri Museven âAnd if courts are giving biased judgements, then their time will also come. We had an army that was killing people, robbing our property, raping women, now that army we demolished it and we created a new army,â he said. The president was commissioning the Shs 600 million piped water supply project in Katabi sub-county on Friday. The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) managing director, Dr William Muhairwe said the project was funded and implemented by NWSC between July and November 2003. While quoting a local poet from Wobulenzi, Museveni described todayâs soldiers as nuns, and challenged courts to emulate the UPDF and attract good poems about them. âThey should look forward to someone calling them angels. But now, I donât know whether they are looked at as thieves or something like that. You will hear, we shall have a solution for the judiciary,â he said. The president further said the Movement governmentâs target now is to ensure that safe water and electricity reaches each and every Ugandan. He said poor leadership and political differences were responsible for the failure of developmental projects. âMoney is not a problem. The only problem is poor leadership, which has deterred development in most areas. Even in areas where people could have got safe water, they havenât because of this,â he said. Museveni said he would soon make an arrangement where people would get free legal advice on the land law. He said he would soon appoint a special assistant to help him. âThe land law was very carefully made. It gives maximum protection to the tenants. I donât know why the eviction comes. Itâs because people donât understand the law,â he said. Water Lands and Environment Minister, Col. Kahinda Otafiire said the destiny of this country has to be decided by the people not by institutions like the judiciary and parliament. He urged the people who do not support the Movement to work with it [NRM] when it to enhance development. -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
