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March 3, 2021 Chief justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo with other Supreme court judges “The power of judiciary lies, not in deciding cases, not in imposing sentences, not in punishing for contempt, but in the trust, faith and confidence of the common man,” former USA chief Justice John Marshal. The doctrine of judicial recusal demands that a judge may recuse himself from proceedings if he decides that it is not appropriate for him to hear a case to be heard by him. A judge may recuse himself when a party applies to him to do so. A judge must step down in circumstances where there appears to be bias or ‘apparent bias’. There has been virtual altercation between the chief justice Alfonse Owiny Dollo and former presidential candidate and petitioner, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. ....