The request was made by Leonard Mulekwah, the Acting Secretary to the commission while appearing before Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of parliament to present their 2021/22 national budget.
Mulekwah says during the 2020/2021 general elections, the commission organized elections for 1,632,585 elective offices from which petitions are already arising.
He says the cost of private legal services and court awards against the commission is estimated at Shs7bn but only Shs1.19bn has been provided, leaving an outstanding balance of Shs5.881bn.
Justice Simon Byabakama, the Chairperson, Electoral Commission has told MPs that the commission is yet to clear the legal fees to lawyers that defended it in the 2016 general elections petitions, a situation that has prompted some of them to engage court bailiffs to attach EC property.
Judiciary budget to jump four-fold to Shs800b
Saturday April 10 2021
Summary
The Judiciary says the money will help set up Court of Appeal stations in eight other towns, increase High Court judges from 81 to 126, Supreme Court judges from 11 to 15, station a chief magistrate in every district and provide more lower magistrates.
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The Judiciary is readying a proposal for a four-fold increase in its funding, which they say is the only way to improve the dispensing of justice to Ugandans.
In the new proposal, the Judiciary’s draft budget for the coming financial year is Shs800 billion, up from about Shs200b it received for this financial year.
The Prevention and Prohibition of Human Sacrifice Bill, 2020 was presented for first reading by Ayivu County Member of Parliament, Bernard Atiku.
The bill provides a unique legal frame work that criminalizes the act of human sacrifice which is not the case in the penal code Act, the penal code Act considers the act of human sacrifice as murder while this bill considers it a criminal offence that needs to be criminalized alone.
Atiku is pushing this bill on grounds that despite the government effort to protect an individual’s right to life and degrading acts, ritual killings and human sacrifice practices are on the rise in Uganda with children being the common victims.
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CID releases Journalist David Tamakloe
Mr David Tamakloe
They also denied arresting him at gunpoint.
A statement signed by DSP Juliana Obeng, Head, Public Affairs, CID, said the investigative arm of the police service, “on Thursday, 1 April 2021, arrested the editor-in-chief of Whatsup News, Mr David Tamakloe”.
The suspect, the statement noted, “was arrested on alleged offences of attempt to commit crime, to wit: extortion, contrary to sections 18(1) and 151(1) and publication of false news contrary to section 208 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)”.
“The suspect, after being cautioned, has been released on police enquiry bail to a surety to report on Tuesday, 6 April 2021 for further action. However, the CID denies any allegation of arresting the suspect at gunpoint”.