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The supreme court bench headed by the Chief Justice Owiny- Dollo has this afternoon delivered a landmark ruling in an appeal made by the Attorney General from a July 2021 Constitutional Ruling of Micheal Kabaziguruka Vs Attorney General where the court declared that it was wrong to try civilians in the General Court Martial.
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Since 2021, the Supreme Court had been quiet on delivering the judgement in this very important issue until recently when lawyers piled pressure on the judiciary to have this issue disposed off the shelves after Dr. Kiiza Besigye who was abducted from Kenya last year is being tried from the Military Court which majority of the law experts say it’s wrong.
In their rulings today, Majority of the justices including the Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny- Dollo have all agreed with the defendant Micheal Kabaziguruka that the General Court Martial should instead focus on trying UPDF officers not civilians.
The justices also said that the Military courts lack the judicial independence to try civilians and can not fairly dispense Justice in civilians cases.
The Chief Justice is still reading his judgement.
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